Ep. 2340 - MASTERSTROKE: Trump’s Venezuela Coup Ends The Iraq Syndrome
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We examine what that means. Is the Iraq syndrome finally dead? Plus, Tim Walz is out as the third term possibility for governor in Minnesota. Plus, A trans-identifying person, possibly, breaks into J.D. Vance's house in Cincinnati? First, everything The Daily Wire has to offer is now available in one app. Download the new Daily Wire Plus app. Take the entire show with you wherever you are. Inside the app, tap follow under my picture. You'll get notified the moment I go live or a new episode drops. Step away at any point. Come back exactly where you left off. You can watch the clips everyone is arguing about online without subjecting yourself to social media. The Daily Wire Plus app. Well, yesterday, Nicolas Maduro, the erstwhile dictator of Venezuela, who, of course,
was extradited by the United States in a snatch-and-grab operation, shocking in its magnitude and competence, appeared in U.S. court for the very first time. Again, unthinkable one week ago, and yet here we now are. According to the Wall Street Journal, he pled guilty to narco-trafficking charges during his arraignment in federal court. He said, "'I am innocent. I'm not guilty. I'm a decent man. I'm still the president of my country.'" Well, all of those things are not true. He is, in fact, guilty. He is, in fact, not a decent man. He's responsible for the deaths of probably hundreds of thousands of his own compatriots, the exile of millions. I'm still the president of my country. He really is not. He adds that he was a prisoner of war and had been kidnapped from his home in Caracas.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Monday's hearing kicked off a legal battle with little precedent over a foreign leader in U.S. court. The arrest of a head of state presents challenges for both the prosecutors and the defense, and it could be years before this thing goes to trial. The judge interjected and told him that there would be a time and place to make the argument that he was wrongfully apprehended. His wife sat at the same defense table. Apparently, there were some signs of injury sustained during her capture. And again, the charges include cocaine importation, conspiracy and possession of machine guns. They're being detained at a Brooklyn federal jail, apparently to the great consternation of New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani, who really should be happier about all of this.
After all, we just provided an illegal immigrant, Venezuelan drug dealer with free housing in New York. So he really should be quite happy about all of this. The next hearing is set for March 17th. Meanwhile, what is going on over in Venezuela? Well, you have the vice president of Venezuela, a woman named Delcy Rodriguez, who is by all accounts just as vicious, brutal and Machiavellian as Nicolas Maduro. She has been left in charge. Her brother is the head of the Venezuelan Assembly, which, of course, is a puppet of group, a puppet legislature. The question is whether the United States will be able to exert enough pressure on Delcy Rodriguez to get what we want, namely a reopening of the oil industry in Venezuela, a transition, you would hope, to some sort of actual democratic order that ends the socialist tyranny that has dominated Venezuela.
You would assume that the reason the United States did not just topple the regime outright is because we do not want tons of boots on the ground in Venezuela and that external pressure will force Delcy Rodriguez to essentially give up the ghost at an unspecified time in the future.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:28
2
What happened with President Trump’s capture of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela?
4:28–30:54
3
What pressure is the United States demanding from Venezuela’s interim leader?
30:54–53:01
4
How does the Trump administration plan to transition Venezuela’s oil industry?
53:01–1:00:27
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