Trump makes large strike on Venezuela and captures president

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While we're at it, get Putin. Then we can rule Russia and Ukraine too!
Oh, and who was that druggy guy that Trump pardoned that was in charge of a country. The list of indictments on Maduro(who is a bad dude) seems to match the guy who Trump pardoned.
From an article: Not my words.

BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi unveils the "indictments" against Venezuelan President President Nicolás Maduro and they're even more insane than experts predicted.

"Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States," Bondi wrote on X.
"They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts," she continued. "On behalf of the entire U.S. DOJ, I would like to thank President Trump for having the courage to demand accountability on behalf of the American People, and a huge thank you to our brave military who conducted the incredible and highly successful mission to capture these two alleged international narco traffickers."
To point out the incredibly obvious: it's not illegal for Maduro to possess a machine gun. He's the president of a sovereign nation with a standing military. Him having a weapon on Venezuelan territory is not a violation of U.S. nor Venezuelan law.
And of course, the American special forces operators who captured Maduro were carrying machine guns. Apparently, that's totally fine and legal according to the upside down fascist logic of this White House. Laws only apply to political enemies of MAGA, never to enforcers of the regime.
The absurdity of the machine gun charges underlines just what a farce this entire operation is. The allegations that Maduro was running a narco-trafficking empire are equally fabricated. This is is about seizing Venezuela's oil and rare earth minerals.
America, a country awash in guns that can't seem to make it through a week without another mass shooting, just invaded another country, kidnapped their leader, and is now attempting to try and imprison him for gun charges. Imagine how knuckle-draggingly gullible you'd have to be to buy into any of this.

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"Fox News: "What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro?"
Trump (via phone): "We can't take a chance of letting someone run it and just take over where he left off...We'll be involved in it very much."

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and his wife and flies them out of the country.
https://apnews.com/live/trump-us-venezu ... 01-03-2026