On January 3, German editorial boards shifted abruptly from domestic concerns to a massive U.S. military operation in Venezuela. Early morning reports of explosions and low-flying aircraft in Caracas were quickly replaced by confirmation of a targeted strike ordered by President Trump. By midday, editors prioritized the capture of Nicolás Maduro, with headlines detailing his extraction and transport to New York for indictment. While conservative and centrist outlets like Welt and Merkur focused on the fall of the regime, left-leaning sources such as TAZ and Neues Deutschland characterized the event as a resource-driven coup. In the late afternoon, headlines centered on Trump’s press conference, where he announced a transitional U.S. government for Venezuela. By evening, attention divided between the geopolitical shift in Latin America and a severe domestic crisis: a suspected arson attack on Berlin's power grid, leaving 45,000 residents without heat in freezing temperatures.