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John Otis

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

had given an order to kill everyone aboard alleged drug boats and that this order led to a second strike in which those survivors were killed.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

Here's Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, speaking on the CBS News program Face the Nation.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

Ag Seth has called the Post report fake news, and Trump, speaking with reporters last night on Air Force One, backed him up.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

But the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have vowed to increase oversight of the boat strikes.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

Yeah, you know, ever since his first term, Trump has been pushing for regime change in Venezuela.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

Its president, Nicolas Maduro, has crushed the country's democracy and its economy, prompting about 8 million Venezuelans to flee overseas.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

Trump has also confirmed that he recently talked to Maduro on the phone, though he didn't provide any details.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

On Sunday, Venezuela's vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, read a statement from Maduro claiming that this is all about oil.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

government of trying to take control of Venezuela's vast oil reserves.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

But experts say the 15,000 U.S.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

troops based on warships in the Caribbean are not enough to take control of Venezuela.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

Trump could instead order limited attacks on Venezuelan territory, or he might just stick to these boat strikes.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

Yeah, the timing on this is quite strange amid Trump's anti-narcotics campaign.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

And just before the Honduran presidential election that took place on Sunday.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

But Trump has also been quick to defend former presidents elsewhere in the world who get into legal hot water.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

Juan Orlando Hernandez is a former Honduran president who was sentenced last year in the U.S.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

to 45 years in prison for helping to traffic more than 50

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

400 tons of cocaine into the US without providing any evidence.

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National Guard Shooting & Immigration, Venezuela Latest, Ukraine Negotiations

Trump claimed that Hernandez was, quote, set up by the Biden administration and that he deserves a full pardon.

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NPR News: 11-24-2025 5PM EST

Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated the so-called Cartel de los Soles