Tommy Vitor

And Politico reported, Ben, that the U.S.

has like three big asks for Delcy Rodriguez.

One, crack down on drug flows.

Two, kick Iran and Cuban operatives out of Venezuela.

I did notice that I think the Iranian and Cuban ambassadors were some of the first people to greet her at her swearing-in ceremony.

So I'm sure those images didn't go over that well in the White House.

And then three, stop selling oil to U.S.

adversaries like China.

The only one of those that seems actually doable to me, Ben, is number two, which is kick out the Iranians and kick out the Cubans.

Because if she really goes after the drugs –

The corrupt generals who are part of the drug trade or actually, you know, referred to as Cartel de la Souls could go after her.

And I like I don't.

Do you think they can afford a rupture with the Chinese if suddenly Venezuela cancels all these Chinese oil contracts that they've had for years and years?

So, look, I don't know.

Maybe maybe.

Maybe she will be able to pull off enough of this.

But you could also see like Cabello and Lopez like setting her up to fail by allowing like just enough political instability that it's a headache for Trump or it keeps the oil companies out of Venezuela.

Yeah, they know what our midterms are.

They know that a reinvasion gets harder and harder.

By the way, I drew out a lot of this section from this great reporting in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times.