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President Donald Trump announced on January 3 that the United States carried out a “large scale strike against Venezuela” and that President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been captured and removed from the country.
“The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement. Details to follow. There will be a News Conference today at 11 A.M., at Mar-a-Lago,” he added.
The early morning strike in Venezuela came following months of escalation by the Trump administration, which in October doubled the reward for the arrest of Maduro on alleged drug trafficking charges to $50 million.
Right before Trump made his announcement, the Venezuelan government issued a statement saying that Maduro signed a state of emergency and ordered all national defense plans to be implemented “at the appropriate time and under the appropriate circumstances” in response to a “very serious grave military aggression” by the U.S.
In a brief phone interview with The New York Times shortly after his announcement, Trump hailed what he called a “brilliant operation.”
“A lot of good planning and lot of great, great troops and great people,” Trump told the Times. “It was a brilliant operation, actually.”
According to the Times, Trump declined to answer questions about whether he’d sought congressional authority for the strike, saying he’d address it at his upcoming news conference.
Multiple military sites in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, were hit during the strike, and footage that surfaced online in the very first minutes revealed that U.S. special forces moved into the country in several helicopters. According to CBS News, it was the elite Delta Force unit that captured Maduro.
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López appeared after Trump’s announcement, and said in a video message that the country is currently gathering information about the number of people killed and wounded.
He added that the country would resist the presence of foreign troops in the country. This coincided with rumors that U.S. troops had captured one of the airports in Caracas.
“This invasion represents the greatest outrage the country has suffered,” he added.
Later on, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez confirmed the government doesn’t know the whereabouts of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
While treason may have played a key role in the success of the U.S. strike, a report by Sky News suggested that the capture of Maduro was in fact the result of a “negotiated exit”.
U.S. Senator Mike Lee said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had informed that Maduro will stand trial in the U.S. If true, then the reports about some understanding are false.
“He informed me that Nicolás Maduro has been arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States, and that the kinetic action we saw tonight was deployed to protect and defend those executing the arrest warrant,” the Utah senator posted to X.
“This action likely falls within the president’s inherent authority under Article II of the Constitution to protect U.S. personnel from an actual or imminent attack,” he added.
It was very clear from the beginning that the U.S. escalation against Venezuela was not the result of the drug problem, but rather a plot to overthrow Maduro in order to tap into the country’s oil reserves, which are believed to be the largest in the world.
Trump first shied away from talking about a regime change in the country, or mentioning its resources. This changed in recent weeks, however, which was a sign that the U.S. was about to take action.
It is unclear how things will progress from here. The situation in Venezuela appears to be stable, with López and Rodríguez firmly in control. Thus, the same regime is still in power.
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trump è un pazzo criminale e così tutti gli americani bisogna fermarli adesso lo farà all’iran e poi alla russia.
recent months saw a large u.s. military build up in the caribbean, with socom deploying assists in puerto rico and near trinidad and tobago…………………………… https://psee.io/8jqu9r
ugly cowardly americunts only bully defenseless peoples—uncivilized inferior species thieves must be exterminated like all contagious diseases
nah, we were being told of all the russian and chinese wonder air defence weapons and planes.
how’d that work out?
dumb inferior americunt–venezuela has few russ-chinese weapons—a poorly armed national militia…swallow more mulatto jizz in your americunt gay bar
there’s none left once you’ve been.
i think the trumptard low iq white trash morons need to calm down because seizing maduro does not mean the venezuela as a whole has surrendered. if the amerikunts risk putting a stooge in charge they will be drawn into quagmire
they aren’t going to be drawn into anything, they will just wack every stooge that climbs to the top of the hill in venezuela until they find one who will make the “deal”.
that is also very possible
if they hang him then maybe no one will dare to follow him.
hahaha arent you such a droll troll
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inferior stupified americunt was told by her transgender husband to swallow superior hebrew jizz
the russian and chinese never give their real stuff to others besides the oldest stuff.
they will rather let their allies fall then to give their new stuff into the hands of the enemy.
they have allways been and will allways be worthless allies.
no you were being told they were the most advanced in latin america or the southern americas, were considered advanced for its time period and are outdated. america knows this with full confidence. it is why they attempt these things.
russia & china have the most advanced air defense systems, radar detection systems, and most capable sensors in the world besides american forces
that being said if these nations knew how to properly & effectively manage & operate these systems they could easily inflict severe damage or casualties on any attacker but couldn’t fully defeat or repel them with such limited numbers of weapons and defense systems. these leaders are always scared & try to deescalate or hesitate last minute
even though i am not a friend of putins war in ukraine, but usa same as israel is indeed a cancer in this world that need to get taken out, the sooner the better.
if this is true, maduro is a fool. you cannot negotiate with amerikunts. you must kill them and resist. only the strong survive. trusting amerikunts and jews is suicide. allowing amerikunt helicopters to fly in without shooting them down is incompetence of the highest order
if this is true then all this is another lie of course
please look up and find a video where maduro says that “my grand father came to venezuela being a jew” and that he had “survived the holocaust”
while this is going on, putin goes out of his way to prove that they tried to kill him. putin is far too nice to western satanists. i have no idea why all the pussyfooting around . trumpstein needs to be punched in the face, only the chinese have the balls to hurt the ussa
putin is enamored with all things western and usd.
typical russian boomer
putin is not a war time leader. he is a peace time leader. the time of war calls for a hardliner.
the situation is that putin will look like weak leader, because he didn’t help his comerade, maduro. ramazan kadirov is hardliner and very competent. and they are affarid very much affraid of him.
inferior americunt scum vanya need more mulatto jizz in your mouth
do they? so far they havent done much with their massive army…
financial and economic pain is much deeper
you’re sadly mistaken. i feel for all of these leaders and their supporters who are in situations where they are either at war, dealing with armed rebellions and conflicts or covert intelligence activities against them by us forces because their hands are tied and there is only so much one can do in these circumstances. you have no choice but to defend yourself while paying lip service or negotiate with the us due to their unrivaled capabilities
cry harder nazi. cry harder. russian air defenses are nowhere to be found
i am not a russian arms dealer cupcake. if you think this behavior is doing the west any favors, you need to think again. its a natural outcome when zionist termites hijack governments. bringing instability to your world
they don’t want the refugees but all they do is create chaos that creates refugees
they say they don’t want war all they do is attack
they say they don’t want regime change but they actively depose anyone who disagrees even when they are elected by democratic elections which the us pretends to espouse.
what are we to believe the policy statements or their actions
it sends a clear message if you want to join nato and sco/ brics attacks you for that we will keep you supplied for years if you want to join sco/ brics we will take you down in a day and sco/ brics will do nothing about it. iran and venezuela both wanted to join both were attacked one president dead the other arrested.
you are absolutely right. trusting khazars is sure suicide. also sold them syria as jewtin executed during may 9 2018 victory parade day is loss-loss-loss game.
but i do agree that it is incompetence of the highest order to not resist or shoot down atleast one enemy aircraft. but either way he was doomed.us has spyrings and political allies and supporters within the ranks of military, media, business and political elites there. and their air defenses are definitely outdated and poorly maintained.
yanks just walked in, russian and chinese air defences totally bypassed and rendered useless.
iran must understand that russia is useless for any kind of defense. russia is a joke really.
russian tech is good. the problem are the idiots in charge of the weapons. idiots who whore themselves to us dollar bribes. this operation smells to me like a stand down order was given and people took bribes.
every nation that accepts usd in trade supports the western military and the western oligarchy.
you’re just fictitious and fanciful as the nazis before they actually went to war.
the last wars of the usa where this didnt happen were korea and vietnam. the usa only attacks nowadays when they have allready bribed the military of the enemy not to fight. if china is ever dumb enough to attack taiwan they will see part of their own military fighting for the other side.
if russian tech is that good, why is it that no f22 or f35 was ever shot down ans why most s300 and s400s were destroyed in iran ? 🤡
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if true we have entered all out war and full kinetic war eminent cross the world. we will see how it plays out coming days.
. maduros arrested and will stand trial. venezuala will do nothing. the next election will see a change.
nothing will happen. brazil is the local brics nation and they hate venezuela more then the usa. and china and russia dont care really. they will just find some other stupid nation for posturing against the usa and selling their weapons to.
pain right? whilst putin tried to outsmart trump, he simply hit him where it pains… no more russ in south america. soon no more russ in the eu and ukraine. just saying…
syria and venezuela dont hit russia as hard as long as there is no stability in the end russia wins as well cause its competition for oil and gas thats not active. if the usa gets venezuela and syria back to the market and starts selling to those who buy from russia then russia loses. it in fact improves the russian position towards china if they stay the only reliable seller.
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the poor are defenseless
they’ve to go away
they are a waste of resources, surplus population.
maduro is not poor, no?
when a country is run by nacropolitics, it’s called nacroterrorism
that is the narrative sold to low iq trumptards like yourself. so dumb to swallow every lie the orange moron says. ecuador is the biggest source of drugs to ussa, and they do nothing about it because the leader is a fascist drug dealer. fascists are ok in trumptard land
hahahaha ramses you really outdo yourself with predictable propgandas.
thats the difference in control of the narrative. both the russian nazis in ukraine and the us narco terroritsts in venezuela was equaly stupid (they both exist but not to the extend that was claimed). but the western media sold the story to normal world population while the western media has tought the world population for more then a decade before the war even started to not believe russia anything.
when a fascist like you is too delusioned and too high on drugs, you think a country governed by drug addicts is okay and better than a country governed with the harshest anti-drug law and enforcement.
but clinton and the child rapers will die warm in their mansions.
because they’re special agents of anti american activities obviously. allegedly they helped destroy americas image globally.
winning hearts and minds? bombing the venezuelans and kidnapping their president is unlikely to improve their opinion of the us.
they didn’t bomb venezuala s, they took out military targets. they’ve got the peace prize winning female, that they love being returned soon enough to win the next elections. now that she soon can return from her exile.
i’ve seen maps in the past showing guaido supporters controlling the east of venezuela but you can also find maps showing the syndicato gangs controlling those same areas and those gangs are accused of drug smuggling, extortion, and have bombed us owned petrol stations in guyana, being opposed to maduro may not mean being pro usa
if putin believes he can make deals with pirates, he’ll be in for a sad awakening. you don’t share the spoils with criminals, not even in spheres of influence…
0 is your score
but hasn’t north korea taught us anything? dealing with bandits is pointless.
the us were clearly supplied the location of the ads (air defence systems) what happened to manpads those helicopters ambled across the sky easy pickings indeed yet not one single manpad fired at them?
the venezuelan armed forces if they survive this must clean house of those still loyal to the dollar and pro-american politicians who want to give venezuela’s wealth and oil to us companies
clueless ramses and his alter egoes always blathering on and uopvoting his self as usual.
those loyal to the dollar will clean the house cause well they can pay the people with those dollars.
russian allies be carefull look at assad mduro khadaffi
ghadaffi chose china as ally not russia. maduro cause of the ukraine war trusted china more then russia as well. the only one who is free and alife was the guy that trusted russia. not that it went well for his people though.
dump showing other oligarchs how its done.
seems the (((americans))) have a functional military that can effectively complete tasks.
they won’t be in charge for long if they show the same degree of ineptitude. so many in power become besotted with the trappings of office, dismissing the complex realities of keeping them. hamas and houthis understand that, hezbollah, iran and maduro do not.
with friends like russia who needs enemies?
while russia can’t kidnap zelenski but usa can kidnap its enenies
if everybody behaved like jews and amerikunts, the world would be a place you would not want to live in
the world is not about morals anymore but about power. russia lacks both. iran needs to build its position new.
russia is in a far more secure position than iran. remember, iranian leadership’s greatest error is delaying nuclear weapons. nuclear weapons really are the best insurance policy against the zionists
relying on russia as an ally is completely useless. ask assad and now maduro. iran should have refrained from delivering drones to russia. russia is not an ally but a weak partner. usa destroys one russian partner after the other, while russia is warching. when iran built its nuclear program russia threw stones in its way. so yea, iran should dissociate itself from it.
irans going back to the shah.
if russia had fallen there would be no problem to take out iran and china for the usa. russia is the only thing holding the usa somewhat back in iran. and russia is the energy supply without which china would face the same choice as japan in ww2 surrender or charge headon into battle and hope to conquer some energy supply fast.
we d a be cutting each others throats in yours.
this is an act of war and if the people of venezuela don’t do anything about it then good luck. decades of poverty await further generations as the usadmin strip the country of its wealth in order to survive their own corruptive ways. the un is dead, killed by its own malfeasance and apathy.
yes……the bolivarian anti imperial revolution is going to be tested now. the jews and amerikunts like to take out the heads, but what really matters is the grassroots below. if the grassroots is strong, a new head installed by the satanists can be removed. jews and amerikunts are useless at motivating grassroots levels because they stand for nothing noble
grow up everyone with any gumption fled venezuala and iran years ago. and they won’t go back regardless.
chaves made sure those grass roots exist and are strong. maduro failed at this.
i reckon maduro was chucked under the bus by his own security. the people could retaliate by closing down all american businesses in the country, not that there can be that many already. in the future there will be more once a us puppet is installed.
like elrond from lord of the rings said: “our list of allies grows thin…”
another piece down, after assad. i wonder if putin and trump have a secret deal, something like “venezuela for ukraine”, because if not, this is a massive loss for russia, iran and other anti-western entities.
and with the (so far unsuccessful) protests in iran and with khamenei being almost 87, they better watch out not to fall into the same trap of power vacuums and internal divisions…
nothing is certain in venezuela. i think trump is more focused on media victories. you see this is a standard western obsession, they like their media stories more than truth and substance. they live for the attention. these are narcissists. maduro captured is a great media story. but defeating an entire bolivarian system rooted in anti imperialism, good luck with that, like the aura of iranian 1979 revolution
like your fake votes and trifling rhetorics.
why cant zelensky suffer the same fate? or netanyahu? i hope all us plots for venezuela fail miserably and quickly
because putin has no honor. he is frightened of zelenski and netnyahu is his friend.
putin is still stuck in the delusions of anchorage talks. he keeps ranting about it. he believed trump in anchorage but trump has moved on long ago. nothing the orange moron says means anything, except to his diehard white trash supporters who believe every word he says. i have no idea why putin trusts trump and his circle of yidiots
its not just putin its the core problem of the russian elites since centurys they are in desparate need of western approval. of agreement of a place at the table. the western leaders puke at the idea that russians are allowed to breath the same air as them. but the russians refuse to understand it.
hahaha hahaha bad luck
because they are jews and no one can touch them since decades and probably for many decades to come.
pro russia country are a joke , russia is a joke as allie
the americans and israelis do what ever they want.
vassals ask for permission and show evidence to the emperor.
zero credibility america didn’t want to arrest maduro they did it to protect their country from his aggressions criminally allegedly
where are russia and china?
why don’t we see naval operations by these countries against the invaders?
operation ukraine was planned by nato to hold russia down while they pick the low hanging fruit around the world, as their worthless empire crumbles and their naked emperor is exposed as a jewish moloch worshipping pirate who has the memory of a goldfish. as for china, they prefer to watch white man exhaust himself with these cowboy antics and get sacked by jewish swine
youre as credible as the moderators voting controls. zero
chinese people down care for the rest of the world they consider themselves some divine beeings that are so much above everyone else that if any of those little nations fall is of no concern to them.
hiding behind the moderators fraudulent scoring.
last week putin the traitor of his allies were busy evacuating russians instead of reinforcing venezuela. russian army should also leave for zelenski to destroy his residence and capture putin and handover to zelenski. last time iran were only safe by their own strength and chin help.
even if putin reinforce the venezuelan defense… conmanders and venezuelan generals would have sold maduro for a fistful of dollars
russian generals will now watch carefully how well it works out for those generals in venezuela.