War Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured after strikes - The U.S. has accused Maduro of running a "narco-state" and rigging an election.

WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. has struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro, who has been taken out of the country, President Donald Trump said on Saturday.

The U.S. has not made such a direct intervention in Latin America since the invasion of Panama in 1989 to depose military leader Manuel Noriega.

"The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the country," Trump said in a Truth Social post.

There was no immediate confirmation from the Venezuelan government.

The U.S. has accused Maduro of running a "narco-state" and rigging an election. The Venezuelan leader, who succeeded Hugo Chavez to take power in 2013, has said Washington wants to take control of its oil reserves, the largest in the world.

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Residents in the captial, Caracas, reported hearing multiple explosions, particularly near Fort Tiuna, a major military installation in the city’s south.

Unverified footage appears to show large fires at 3 separate locations.

The cause of the explosions remains unknown at this time.

 

[SaidNoOneEver]

He's been arrested on charges of drug trafficking.

And machine guns! Don't forget the machine guns!

 

[FedPostalService]

And machine guns! Don't forget the machine guns!

HE CROSSED STATE LINES!!!

 

[Meat Target]

And machine guns! Don't forget the machine guns!

HE CROSSED STATE LINES!!!

Hostile foreign dictators do not enjoy the RKBA.

 

[quaawaa]

I cant speak Mexican but I think you can get the tone
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Translation:

This is the spot of the attack at the Carlota base.

We can report that several civilian transport units were destroyed, and I think the footage is pretty clear on that, showing the damage from multiple angles.

Let's zoom in a bit more.

Ah, there it is.

One unit that was destroyed, in this case a red bus.

We've got another unit that was destroyed too and another civilian transport vehicle.

It's important to stress...the full extent of the damage caused by this brutal early-dawn attack.

To show how powerful the attack was, you can clearly see the fence here, twisted and badly bent.

What you see here are the shrapnel fragments, the result of the explosives' blast, which literally not only made these kinds of gouges in the metal but even ripped the fence completely off from its mounts in this section.

And actually, all the vegetation you see here was the one that was...you could say dragged, right?

Because of explosive power.

 

[Cat tit bingo]

After decades of complacency people seem to forget you can indeed just do things. Venezuelas been a known shithole for a long time run by a piece of shit who makes life worse for many people so instead of kvetching and making more token pointless condamnations we just arrested the bastard.
I get it Afghanistan was a pointless 2 decade cluster fuck and Vietnam was bad, it been all but physical drilled into every Americans skull for decades now, but that doesn't mean America should just sit in the time out corner twiddling it thumbs for the rest of human history. America as one of the biggest and strongest country in the world does indeed have some say in the world. America must not be paralyzed because people will say world police over and over, if needed we must be able to act beyond sending everyone's tax money to someone else who will use it poorly.

 

[Hatewerfer]

You watching cartels? You watching Mexican Jewess? You watching? No more drugs. No more illegals. No more bullshit or this but you.

Oh yeah I'm sure Sheinbaum is quaking in her little gay jew hat that evil nazi trump is gonna hurt her.
Get real brother, while both her and Maduro may be similar in many ways, in the most important way they are very very different.

 

[Beautiful Border]

I don't really give two fucks about what charges america is giving him, doesn't change the fact that he is a dictator that rigged the election and got BTFO

I'm saying that the excuses that were being used in 2003 aren't even being employed on an official level. Read Pam Bondi's statement. There is nothing in there equivalent to the extensive rigamarole back then of pretending the invasion was for the benefit of the Iraqi People. The official comms on this are almost a barefaced expression of the "America should just take a scrappy little country and throw it against the wall" quote.

But that still isn't stopping people (mostly on Reddit and Twitter) - unofficially - trying to justify this on moral grounds. Like, the state department isn't pretending, so why is anyone else?

 

[Point and Laugh]

My only concern is it being in the US Justice system. I’m afraid some law clerk in Alabama will issue orders demanding Trump return Maduro and fund socialism for the next 100 years.

 

[Fields Of Rye]

The government doesn’t want you to know this but the puppets of foreign narco states are free. You can take them home. I have 3000 Somalian prime ministers at my day care.

 

[Hunter Hearst Helmsley]

I'm saying that the excuses that were being used in 2003 aren't even being employed on an official level. Read Pam Bondi's statement. There is nothing in there equivalent to the extensive rigamarole back then of pretending the invasion was for the benefit of the Iraqi People. The official comms on this are almost a barefaced expression of the "America should just take a scrappy little country and throw it against the wall" quote.

But that still isn't stopping people (mostly on Reddit and Twitter) - unofficially - trying to justify this on moral grounds. Like, the state department isn't pretending, so why is anyone else?

Trump, the CINC, has been saying all of that stuff.

 

[pro drivor]

I guess the military did just bomb the place and grabbed el presidente, but what's gonna happen next? What's gonna happen afterwards?

 

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[Chunky Salsa]

I guess the military did just bomb the place and grabbed el presidente, but what's gonna happen next? What's gonna happen afterwards?

You ever play Just Cause 1, 2, 3 or 4?

 

[troonshine]

 

[DrakosBiz]

Hail Trump, Hail our people, Hail victory.

 

[huon detector]

I cant speak Mexican but I think you can get the tone
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This clip is such a distillation of leftist thought.
Is he concerned about the govt which has forced millions into abject poverty trough its deliberate mismanagement? No of course not!
Think of the poor busses! And don't wonder why they're parked close to an AA-system and behind what looks like a really sturdy fence. They most certainly don't belong to the military. Perish the thought or you will be perished.

It's impossible to hate these people enough.

 

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Even supposing that were true, where does abducting the head of state of a country at will fit into that? And please don't bother telling me the President can simply remove the heads of state of a country just because they deem them to be a terrorist. We all know that is flat out asinine.

You're looking at this through the Rules Based Order. That is not the proper lens to look at this. We are no longer in the Longhouse.

Look at this through Great Men Theory. It turns out when you're the last remaining Global Superpower and some narco-terrorist shitbag is constantly causing problems for you, you can just fucking drag his ass to court (if you're feeling kind) or kill his ass, and everyone else can just fucking seethe. The age of the Longhouse is over.

If Maduro could have killed Trump, he would have. But he couldn't.

Next up, Trump should do Mexico's cunt leader and the leaders of every cartel they know of. Do it all in one long night on July 4th.

 

[souschef]

I'm saying that the excuses that were being used in 2003 aren't even being employed on an official level. Read Pam Bondi's statement. There is nothing in there equivalent to the extensive rigamarole back then of pretending the invasion was for the benefit of the Iraqi People. The official comms on this are almost a barefaced expression of the "America should just take a scrappy little country and throw it against the wall" quote.

But that still isn't stopping people (mostly on Reddit and Twitter) - unofficially - trying to justify this on moral grounds. Like, the state department isn't pretending, so why is anyone else?

I don't care about the excuses, i care about seeing his smug smile gone:



I'll let the "moral conundrum" for you to deal with

 

[FedPostalService]

how is this effecting Venezuelan camgirls? Asking for a friend?

 

[George Lucas]

I'm saying that the excuses that were being used in 2003 aren't even being employed on an official level. Read Pam Bondi's statement. There is nothing in there equivalent to the extensive rigamarole back then of pretending the invasion was for the benefit of the Iraqi People. The official comms on this are almost a barefaced expression of the "America should just take a scrappy little country and throw it against the wall" quote.

But that still isn't stopping people (mostly on Reddit and Twitter) - unofficially - trying to justify this on moral grounds. Like, the state department isn't pretending, so why is anyone else?

I know it’s hard for a British hiveminded faggot like you to understand but here in America we all have our own independent reasons for why we like or dislike things.