Donald J. Trump

Like I said, the ambassador, Monica Crowley, I think is going to start things off with a talk at about 1220, 1230, pretty much on schedule as it rolls.

Eric, we have an amphibious ready group.

Off the coast of Venezuela now with 4,000 fleet marines and sailors and really in the amphib area, what would be equivalent of a Navy battle group or strike group around an aircraft carrier.

Talk to us about that, the capabilities that has.

And I know you've been very involved in thinking through hemispheric defense, particularly the problems we have in Latin America.

Is this really going to be against non-state actors?

Do you think we're revving up to actually go in, take airports, ports, and railroad nodes in Venezuela, sir?

Certainly, they think they've taken four shots at drug boats, which are obviously carrying fentanyl or other toxic chemicals on the way to poison America with.

There's a lot more network to be taken out through Mexico and, of course, coming by sea.

I think the Trump administration is trying to send a message to Maduro that it is time for him to leave.

making him very wary, very, very aware that they can provide very deep strike precision bombing and,

into whatever bunker or cave complex he is hiding in, that it's time for him to leave.

13, 14 months ago, he flat out stole election that he lost by 40, 45 points.

And he's maintained himself in power as a true dictator now.

I think the Trump administration wants him to leave.

I don't know if they're going to go

full kinetic and actually strike targets in Venezuela.

I think it's very important for the Maduro crowd to remember that nobody that was at the $25 million bounty level is still alive or didn't stay alive for long.

And that now that he's at 50, I hope

that the Trump administration, instead of just saying up to 50 million leading to the arrest for information leading to the arrest of X, Y, Z, they just go old school and say $50 million dead or alive.