Joshua Philipp
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Drugs are part of the business, and drugs is also a government operation.
So the Cartel of the Suns, if you want to talk about what it really is, it's basically the Venezuelan military, and they don't have a full-standing military.
They have more like...
More like a paramilitary, you know what I mean?
It's not like we normally think of it.
They're a militia.
You'd call them like a militia, right?
They're a cartel.
They're basically a cartel.
So the leaders of the Cartel of the Suns, it is Nicolas Maduro was the guy on top.
He's the El Chapo of the Cartel of the Suns.
A lot of his cadres are deemed leaders of the Cartel of the Suns, and the military in Venezuela is basically also the cartel.
And so, you know, call it what you will,
call it a cartel or call it the Venezuelan government and military, but that's basically what it is, right?
And that's their economy.
And let's put it this way, about as good as we know that most leaders in Latin America are also involved in the same type of thing, but Trump's not going after all of them just yet.
Yeah.
Remember when Trump was running for office, what he was saying?
He was saying that he is going to destroy the cartels.
And if any leader in any country tries stopping us, that he will expose their connections to the cartels.