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By attacking Venezuela, seizing its president, and promising to “run” the country indefinitely—all without any congressional or United Nations authorization—U.S. President Donald Trump may well have shredded what little is left of international norms and opened the way to new acts of aggression from U.S. rivals China and Russia on the world stage, some experts say.

In return, Trump probably achieved little in the way of stopping narcotics flows into the United States, even as he asserts what he calls the “Trump corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine in his new National Security Strategy, which aims “to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere.”

While it’s true that much of the world and, by most accounts, a majority of Venezuelans did not see President Nicolás Maduro as legitimate—and Maduro has been indicted in the United States on charges of being a drug trafficker—Trump has now set a potentially devastating precedent, some critics and experts say. Beijing and Moscow could decide to act in similar fashion against regional leaders whom they deem to be threats—especially in Ukraine and Taiwan—all without worrying about the legitimacy of such actions...

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Trump Sets a Devastating Precedent in Venezuela

Will Russia and China now assume they can do the same in Europe and Asia?
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Ross Dolan said:
By attacking Venezuela, seizing its president, and promising to “run” the country indefinitely—all without any congressional or United Nations authorization—U.S. President Donald Trump may well have shredded what little is left of international norms and opened the way to new acts of aggression from U.S. rivals China and Russia on the world stage, some experts say.

In return, Trump probably achieved little in the way of stopping narcotics flows into the United States, even as he asserts what he calls the “Trump corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine in his new National Security Strategy, which aims “to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere.”

While it’s true that much of the world and, by most accounts, a majority of Venezuelans did not see President Nicolás Maduro as legitimate—and Maduro has been indicted in the United States on charges of being a drug trafficker—Trump has now set a potentially devastating precedent, some critics and experts say. Beijing and Moscow could decide to act in similar fashion against regional leaders whom they deem to be threats—especially in Ukraine and Taiwan—all without worrying about the legitimacy of such actions...

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In the early hours of January 3, 2026, a precise U.S. military operation unfolded in Caracas. Special forces extracted Nicolás Maduro Moros, the man who had clung to power despite overwhelming evidence that he lost the July 2024 election by a 2-to-1 margin. Opposition tallies from 85 percent of voting machines, verified by the Carter Center, showed Edmundo González as the clear winner, yet Maduro's regime refused to release detailed results, confirming the theft for the world to see.

This was no invasion, no seizure of a legitimate president. It was the execution of a long-standing federal indictment from the Southern District of New York, unsealed that day, charging Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores, and close allies with leading the Cartel de los Soles since 1999. The document detailed a quarter-century conspiracy: partnering with designated terrorist groups like FARC and ELN, plus cartels including Sinaloa, Zetas, and Tren de Aragua, to flood the United States with thousands of tons of cocaine, reaching 250 tons annually by 2020. Proceeds funded terrorism, while Maduro's officials provided armed protection, diplomatic passports, military weapons, and safe airfields. Between 2004 and 2015, Maduro and Flores personally ordered kidnappings, beatings, and murders, including the killing of a Caracas drug boss, to enforce debts and silence threats.

The operation lasted roughly two hours. No American lives were lost, no broader conflict erupted. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, now in charge per Venezuelan courts, quickly signaled openness to U.S. cooperation. Streets in Caracas and Miami filled with celebrating Venezuelans, a majority who had rejected Maduro years earlier according to every credible poll.

Claims of shredded international norms ignore precedent: presidents have long exercised Article II authority for limited actions defending U.S. interests, from the 2011 drone strike on American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen (no indictment required) to the 1989 capture of Manuel Noriega in Panama on drug charges. No congressional declaration was needed for this targeted arrest, just as none was for the Bin Laden raid. The War Powers Resolution permits such operations with post-notification reporting.

Suggestions that China or Russia could now mimic the move in Ukraine or Taiwan overlook key differences: neither Zelenskyy nor Taiwan's leadership faces U.S. indictments for narco-terrorism, nor have they rigged elections with proven precinct-level fraud. Beijing and Moscow issued predictable condemnations but took no military steps.

Trump's updated National Security Strategy, including the "Trump Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, aims to restore U.S. influence in the hemisphere by denying footholds to adversaries who exploited Venezuela's collapse for oil, bases, and drone facilities. The extraction disrupts those networks directly, cutting funding streams that fueled migration, violence, and drug flows northward. (This part is very important to understand just how important and historical this move was and will continue to be as America just became much safer thanks to real leadership.)

Far from opening doors to aggression, the operation upheld accountability for a indicted narco-terrorist whose regime had already devastated a nation and threatened its neighbors. Venezuelans, by most accounts, welcomed the chance for a safer, freer future.
 
Trump killed more than 50 people in Venezuela. I know, their families will all love Trump because he removed a dictator. Now, Trump is their dictator. He can get a fancy Mussolini-type uniform. He will be so happy.
 
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