Toppling Maduro was easy — governing Venezuela could trap US for years

President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will temporarily "run" Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro may prove to be a defining moment for the Western Hemisphere — either a disciplined effort to restore regional stability or the opening chapter of an avoidable, open-ended entanglement.

At his Mar-a-Lago press conference on Saturday, the president stated plainly, "We will run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition."...