HOT TOPICS | Are Donald Trump's Actions Against Venezuela Acts of War?! - January 5th, 2026
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Good morning, everybody. Happy New Year. Glad that you're with us. I hope that you are doing well on this Monday morning. I thought that I would get back yesterday and have some time to rest. I did not. The line was so long at the airport that we missed our first flight. We didn't get home until 1 a.m. And I didn't get to bed until 4.30 or if not later. And so it's up adjusting the lights, fixing the computer and all the things that I had to get to before. We could come to you this morning. So that's where I am. But good morning. I'm so glad that you're here. Sorry that we're a little bit late. Not crazy, crazy late. But anyways, I got one more tree to take down. And I think we're done with the holidays. Unless I make it a Mardi Gras tree.
But anyways, we have serious stuff to talk about this morning. Here's what I want you to do. I want you to hit the like and hit the thumbs up because it does affect the algorithm. More people become aware of our channel and our conversation here. You know how I always tell you guys that I'm not going to bother you with stuff. I'm not going to be hyperbolic about stuff. None of that. I don't want to do any of that with you. I don't think it's fair to do that with you. However, This is really serious. And you guys know what happened, right? I tried to avoid it for a little bit. People kept asking me about Venezuela. People are outraged about it. They're not outraged about Maduro. They know that he is a tyrant.
And they're not saying that he should not be prosecuted. It's just the whole idea of it. And I'm gonna explain to you why. Now, before I explain to you why, here's, before I explain to you why, I want you to think about this. Considering and I'll talk about it a little bit later, considering Donald Trump's history, his background, his present, what he's been accused of, what he's been convicted of, that he said he wanted to be a dictator on the first day, all that stuff. What if another country decided to step in and say, you know, Considering all of this, let's look at the evidence. Maybe we should take it and go capture Donald Trump and have him be prosecuted on our soil because what he's doing on his soil is criminal, is tyrannical and criminal in nature.
Would they have a case? Is this a precedent for that? Do you understand where I'm going? Do you understand what I'm saying? That's the truth. Because I woke up this morning and I had to sit with this for a minute because something about it just doesn't sit right with me. It's not right in my soul. Something is up. You know that feeling when the headlines are loud and everything is yelling, everybody is yelling, everybody's picking sides, but your gut keeps saying, wait a second, I need you to slow down on this one. When you see all the people making the excuses who say, look, we don't believe in foreign intervention. We need to get rid of these forever wars. We're the country of peace. We're the administration of peace.
I won a Nobel Peace Prize. So that's where I am this morning. Like, let's sit down and let's talk about this. Because over the weekend, as you know, the president ordered the arrest of Venezuela's president and his wife, a sitting head of state, captured, removed, and then brought here to the United States. And before the spin even kicked in, before the experts lined up on cable news, before social media decided, you know, what you were supposed to think, I found myself asking a very, very basic question, everyone. And it's very simple. How does a tyrant get to arrest a tyrant and then call it justice? How exactly does that work? It's not a trick question. I'm not trying to quick you. That's the whole thing in a nutshell.
How do you have someone who says he wants to be a dictator, acts like a dictator, capture and arrest a dictator, and then wants to have him prosecuted, and then say you need to face American justice when he didn't face American justice? When he makes excuses for people who faced American justice, he pardons them. And then he pardoned the president of Honduras.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:16–5:40
2
What prompted Don Lemon's urgent breakdown of the Maduro detention and why does it matter?
5:40–18:30
3
How does Don Lemon compare Nicolás Maduro's actions to Donald Trump's record of pardons and prosecutions?
18:30–32:26
4
Why does the host argue the Maduro arrest is really about oil and geopolitical power?
32:26–52:51
5
Did the Trump administration notify Congress and is congressional approval required for this operation?
52:51–54:51