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Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes

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Post by schmuckonwheels »

Earl_Arthur wrote: post #77

Prediction: the regime will not fall. This will destabilize the country further, not so much the regime itself. There will be a decrease in oil production, marginally boosting world prices. What's probably being taken out right now is the regime's ability to react in any meaningful way to the oil embargo. It will also allow Maduro to throw his hands in the air and blame the US for all of VZLA's ills going forward. Mo…

Well they just captured Maduro and flew him out of the country, so yes the regime quite literally did just fall minutes after you created your throwaway account to post this.

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Post by lm28469 »

monerozcash wrote: post #191

Maduro arrested https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1158304287678... Considering the general incompetence of this administration, this level of success with such a surgical operation seems completely out of character. Incredibly impressive operation, whether or not you agree with it. Although the ability to operate helos over Caracas with such impunity may very well suggest high-level collaborators in the…

The army is full of very competent people regardless of who's in charge for the last 4 years, it's not like they start from scratch at every new administration. And most of them just like to blow shit up regardless of the moral aspect of it, as we've seen in the past

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Post by fzeroracer »

So correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems like a new kind of crime committed by the US? We've been involved in a lot of regime change operations but I can't think of one where we just straight up kidnap a foreign head of state and bring them to the US. I guess Saddam Hussein but that was after we caused the collapse?

Is the goal now to just put Maduro through a televised sham trial as a new cover for the Trump admin?

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Post by beardyw »

beardyw wrote: post #216

Venezuelan president Maduro captured and flown out of country following ‘large scale’ US attack, Trump says – live https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/03/caracas-e...

"Trump claims Maduro 'captured and flown out of the country' US president Donald Trump claims that the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife have been “captured and flown out of the country”.

In a Truth Social post shared only moments ago, Trump wrote:

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. 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. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP.

The Guardian has been unable to independently verify this report."

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Post by lm28469 »

bsjaux628 wrote: post #126

Before anyone starts telling us how they are attacking a legitimate president and that the people will defend it, take your time to find your closest Venezuelan (there are 8 million around the world, so don't need to look to far) and ask him how he feels about this, you will find that happy is part of their emotions.

Just because you don't like your government doesn't mean you want the US to come and deliver your next US flavored dictator

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Post by baubino »

fzeroracer wrote: post #215

So correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems like a new kind of crime committed by the US? We've been involved in a lot of regime change operations but I can't think of one where we just straight up kidnap a foreign head of state and bring them to the US. I guess Saddam Hussein but that was after we caused the collapse? Is the goal now to just put Maduro through a televised sham trial as a new cover for the Trump admin…

> I can't think of one where we just straight up kidnap a foreign head of state and bring them to the US.

I believe Noriega was captured when the US invaded Panama in 1989. But yeah, this is wild (though maybe not unprecedented).

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