Late one evening, Donald Trump delivered remarks from Mar-a-Lago that immediately reverberated beyond the United States. He claimed that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had been secretly captured and taken into U.S. custody, asserting that American forces now effectively controlled Venezuela and its oil infrastructure. The announcement came without prior notification to United States Congress and was framed as a completed operation rather than a proposal or warning. Trump suggested that the action was swift and bloodless, claimed no U.S. service members were lost, and spoke of delivering “peace, liberty, and justice” to Venezuelans. He also hinted that Cuba could be...
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