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Experts Cited by Politico on Venezuela Incursion Surprisingly Upbeat
Rumble ^ | January 5, 2026 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 01/05/2026 12:57:42 PM PST by PJ-Comix

"Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Could Change the World. Here’s How."

It's still an open question as to how Trump plucking Nicholas Maduro out of Venezuela on Saturday to face criminal charges will change the world but has Politico already been changed by President Donald Trump since most of the thirteen experts, regional analysts to national security veterans, it sought input from the next day were surprisingly upbeat about what could happen next?

The first expert cited was Ryan Berg, director of the Americas Program and head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who stated that Trump's actions in Venezuela on Saturday sends a clear message to the "axis of authoritarians."

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Either Politico's editor was off for the weekend for this to have slipped by orrrrr Trump really did change the world so much over the weekend that Politico finally got its mind right about Trump...and a lot else.
1 posted on 01/05/2026 12:57:42 PM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

George Snuffelupigas was beside himself this morning.


2 posted on 01/05/2026 1:01:47 PM PST by Fido969
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To: PJ-Comix

What happened to no blood for oil and the GOP bases’ angst against regime change?


3 posted on 01/05/2026 1:13:48 PM PST by Sam Gamgee
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Cato??


4 posted on 01/05/2026 1:15:31 PM PST by llevrok (“'Remember when' is the lowest form of conversation.” - Tony Soprano)
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To: Sam Gamgee

Trump certainly isn’t for keeping American military in another country getting killed for years. years


5 posted on 01/05/2026 1:21:31 PM PST by RWGinger
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We spent a lot of time jawboning over what “could” be the outcome of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, just as we did with Vietnam and Korea. The “experts” painted rosy pictures of the future they wished for.

In the end, the US expended extraordinary amounts of blood and treasure in return for countries that still hate us.

There’s no reason to think this will turn out any differently.


6 posted on 01/05/2026 1:29:45 PM PST by Bob Wills is still the king
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On TV, I saw Bolton's mustache braying at the moon saying we should have done it sooner.

7 posted on 01/05/2026 1:34:08 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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President Trump is an amazing man. We are so lucky to be alive at this time, under his leadership.

I don't mean that in the usually partisan way at all. Wherever someone's views fall in the political spectrum, they can not help but admit this is a man who knows how to get things done.

From fixing the boondoggle that was the Central Park ice skating rink, to putting Iran back in its box, to snatching drug and communist kingpin Maduro, President Trump knows how to get things done, unlike any other man in the century. President Trump is a doer.

8 posted on 01/05/2026 1:44:36 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

9 posted on 01/05/2026 1:54:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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