Golf legend Greg Norman praises Trump for US action in Venezuela: 'I applaud it'

Legendary pro golfer Greg Norman connected Wednesday praised President Donald Trump for the U.S. enactment successful Venezuela that led to the seizure of Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

Norman, the two-time British Open champion and erstwhile LIV Golf CEO, spoke to "Fox & Friends" big Steve Doocy successful Florida and had glowing remarks astir however the U.S. handled the concern successful the South American country.

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Greg Norman earlier the last circular of LIV Golf Miami tourney astatine Trump National Doral connected Aug. 7, 2024. (Reinhold Matay/USA Today Sports)

"He’s existent to his word," Norman said. "And I said this during his archetypal term, I’ve known rather a fewer presidents but he’s the archetypal president I’ve spent clip with that has existent stars and stripes flowing done his blood.

"So, what helium did successful Venezuela, I applaud it. That timing, the execution of it conscionable showed the axenic spot and the mightiness and the volition of the United States to support their hemisphere and they should support their backyard."

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro greets his supporters during a rally successful Caracas connected Dec. 1, 2025. (Pedro Mattey/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump announced connected Jan. 3 that U.S. peculiar forces conducted a "large-scale strike" against Caracas, and seized Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Both were taken to New York and appeared successful a Manhattan national tribunal Jan. 5 connected cause charges, wherever they each pleaded not guilty.

The raid came aft months of unit connected Venezuela and much than 2 twelve strikes successful Latin American waters against alleged cause traffickers arsenic portion of Trump’s effort to ace down connected the influx of drugs into the U.S.

The Trump medication routinely stated that it did not admit Maduro arsenic a morganatic caput of authorities and said helium was the person of a cause cartel. Likewise, Trump said successful December 2025 helium believed it would beryllium "smart" for Maduro to measurement down.

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The Trump medication has justified seizing Maduro arsenic a "law enforcement" operation, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said legislature support wasn’t indispensable since the cognition didn’t magnitude to an "invasion."

Fox News’ Diana Stancy contributed to this report.

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