Rossticus said:American Apaches fly in straight to the Venezuelan capital whilst Russia spent 6 billion on foreign aid giving Venezuela modern air defence systems.
— WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 (@WarMonitor3) January 3, 2026
😂😂
AgResearch said:94chem said:
Congress says they weren't informed, but let's see how many of them bought Chevron stock last week...
Heck, even Rex Tillerson probably moved his pension to CVX.
Look back before Christmas as the operation was allegedly delayed from December 23rd.
YouBet said:
I do question indicting Maduro in New York. That seems like an own goal by Trump because I'm assuming NY courts are mostly far left.
nortex97 said:Sid Farkas said:
Dems are praying for US troop casualties
Unanswered prayers.🚨 BREAKING: President Trump just posted this EPIC footage of the US strike in Venezuela with "Fortunate Son" playing in the background, explosions erupting and the Caracas sky lighting up
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 3, 2026
HOW CAN'T YOU FEEL PATRIOTISM RIGHT NOW 🇺🇸🔥 pic.twitter.com/yD1YRskcDi
LOL, and bonus this is actually an anti-war anthem, written in haste after he learned of a senators son getting a draft deferment.
🚨@POTUS posts a photo of Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima: pic.twitter.com/BeMjuOG1XE
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 3, 2026
nortex97 said:Sid Farkas said:
Dems are praying for US troop casualties
Unanswered prayers.🚨 BREAKING: President Trump just posted this EPIC footage of the US strike in Venezuela with "Fortunate Son" playing in the background, explosions erupting and the Caracas sky lighting up
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 3, 2026
HOW CAN'T YOU FEEL PATRIOTISM RIGHT NOW 🇺🇸🔥 pic.twitter.com/yD1YRskcDi
LOL, and bonus this is actually an anti-war anthem, written in haste after he learned of a senators son getting a draft deferment.
Venezuelan 🇻🇪 President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were captured by US 🇺🇸 forces during a large-scale operation in Caracas today.
— Aleph א (@no_itsmyturn) January 3, 2026
The US also struck several sites in Caracas, including Venezuelan military facilities. pic.twitter.com/Z2TlUIO5eo
Welcome to America pic.twitter.com/byPQPKxR58
— greg (@greg16676935420) January 3, 2026
The CIA had a “small team clandestinely on the ground (in Venezuela) starting in August that was able to provide extraordinary insight into Maduro’s pattern of life that made grabbing him seamless,” a source told Axios.
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) January 3, 2026
blacksox said:
Is kidnapping leaders of other countries an acceptable foreign policy? I guess it doesn't matter, the Trump simps will contort themselves into pretzels justifying it while normal people will not - same as any other outlandish thing this administration does.
Actually, America does not have to tolerate an illegitimate communist regime in the Western Hemisphere that facilitates drug trafficking and illegal immigration across our borders and enriches our adversaries with its oil exports because of whatever people decide "international…
— Theo Wold (@RealTheoWold) January 3, 2026
Who?mikejones! said:🚨@POTUS posts a photo of Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima: pic.twitter.com/BeMjuOG1XE
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 3, 2026
NEWS via @CBSNews: The military aircraft carrying Maduro was expected to land today at New York Stewart International Airport. He is in custody of military but will be turned over to federal authorities. via @PatMilton14 @annaschecter and me.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 3, 2026
BlackGold said:Who?mikejones! said:BlackGold said:Who?mikejones! said:BlackGold said:PaulsBunions said:JUST IN - Trump says the United States is going to be "very strongly involved" in Venezuela's oil industry in the wake of the regime change operation to capture Maduro.
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 3, 2026
So it's really not about the drugs. Hah
Its about drugs. And oil (not so much our need for it, but to control how Venezuela uses it). And gangs. And chavismo. And china. And Russia.
But sure. Oil
It's pretty clear now, the drugs were the cover story. Everything else, is what really mattered.
Its pretty clear it is all the above
We never said it was about Venezuela's resources. If it was about the drugs, we wouldn't assume control of their hydrocarbon fields. Appears to be another resource play with a provocative cover story.
Maduro was indicted in SDNY in 2020. The military is simply bringing him there to face trial.HTownAg98 said:YouBet said:
I do question indicting Maduro in New York. That seems like an own goal by Trump because I'm assuming NY courts are mostly far left.
SDNY basically has a "specialty practice" within that office that handles these kind of prosecutions.
Who?mikejones! said:blacksox said:
Is kidnapping leaders of other countries an acceptable foreign policy? I guess it doesn't matter, the Trump simps will contort themselves into pretzels justifying it while normal people will not - same as any other outlandish thing this administration does.Actually, America does not have to tolerate an illegitimate communist regime in the Western Hemisphere that facilitates drug trafficking and illegal immigration across our borders and enriches our adversaries with its oil exports because of whatever people decide "international…
— Theo Wold (@RealTheoWold) January 3, 2026
— Joseph 🕊️ (@CaudilloXIV) January 3, 2026
No Spin Ag said:Queso1 said:
I'm trying to figure something out. How is support or non-support of this type of action a democrat or republican position? I think republicans support it, and Dems oppose it, because Trump did it. If it was a democrat president doing it, the support/opposition would be flipped.
With the exception of social issues, everything else, is uniparty.
I'm relatively ambivalent about this action.
You've hit the nail on the head.
Most Americans couldn't give a flying eff about everyday politics as it is, much less global politics. So this will, at most, just be another news story to the masses. A story they'll forget ever happened by their next meal.
And, yes, if Trump had a D by his name, the left would be supporting this and the right opposing it. Politics 101.
Who?mikejones! said:Venezuelan 🇻🇪 President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were captured by US 🇺🇸 forces during a large-scale operation in Caracas today.
— Aleph א (@no_itsmyturn) January 3, 2026
The US also struck several sites in Caracas, including Venezuelan military facilities. pic.twitter.com/Z2TlUIO5eo
valvemonkey91 said:
Trump means what he says. Drug traffickers take heed. Mexico, hope you're paying attention.
techno-ag said:
Fox News reporting Venezuelans wearing MAGA hats in the streets.
No Spin Ag said:Queso1 said:
I'm trying to figure something out. How is support or non-support of this type of action a democrat or republican position? I think republicans support it, and Dems oppose it, because Trump did it. If it was a democrat president doing it, the support/opposition would be flipped.
With the exception of social issues, everything else, is uniparty.
I'm relatively ambivalent about this action.
You've hit the nail on the head.
Most Americans couldn't give a flying eff about everyday politics as it is, much less global politics. So this will, at most, just be another news story to the masses. A story they'll forget ever happened by their next meal.
And, yes, if Trump had a D by his name, the left would be supporting this and the right opposing it. Politics 101.
NukeAg10 said:
Trump looks tired.
95LawAg said:valvemonkey91 said:
Trump means what he says. Drug traffickers take heed. Mexico, hope you're paying attention.
Should they take heed and pay attention to Venezuela or Honduras? Maduro or Hernandez? Does Mexico have enough oil for us to care about the drugs, or will the symbolism of flexing in the mirror be enough motivation?
I agree with Steve Bannon that Trump is acting like Hillary Clinton at her neocon peak. Bombing all over the planet (Nigeria, Somalia, Venezuela) and going back into Iran for regime change is completely neocon/establishment behavior. Why do we have to fight all of Israel's wars?
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) January 2, 2026
