Trump Threatens FIVE MORE countries…

Okay, guys, today we are going to be talking all about one of the biggest stories [music] of the decade. Since we last spoke, Trump has threatened five more countries after Venezuela. Maduro was perp walked through NYC and even gave the double thumbs up. We now know more about what Trump meant when he said he will be running Venezuela. The final straw for Trump to capture Maduro was him dancing. We're going to be looking inside how the mission to capture him unfolded and how it left Maduro's almost entire security [music] team you know what. And then we've got to ask why so many Americans are angry while so many Venezuelans [music] are celebrating. Point is, this is going to be a wild video with a lot to cover. So, like and sub [music] and let's just start the yapping, shall we? AND LET'S GET IT. >> [music] >> OKAY, A LOT HAS GONE DOWN SINCE WE FIRST COVERED THIS story on Friday. Firstly, we now know what made Trump pull the trigger and actually go into Venezuela and capture Maduro. Well, apparently, it was him dancing. Who would have thought? So, an insider told the New York Times that US officials saw Maduro's dancing as a provocation and an attempt to call the Trump administration's bluff, which ultimately became their breaking point. So, and if that wasn't crazy enough, it gets even wilder because after Maduro was captured, Trump shared an image of him wearing a Nike Tech Fleece. [snorts] Ain't no way bro was captured wearing a Nike Tech Fleece. Do you know how many memes have flooded my account because of this? It could have been anything. Why didn't bro get the quarter zip memo? And instead of a bottle of water, give him a machalote. >> [laughter] [snorts] >> This is like if Alex the editor was controlling reality. Maybe that's what he's been doing after he got fired. He just transcended. He's now he's editing reality. Suits him. Now, once Maduro arrived in America, he was symbolically flown past the Statue of Liberty because Lord, America loves a good story. Everything's a movie. They then perp walked him extremely slowly in front of the press and I don't know if Maduro was practicing for this moment all his life, but brother looked way too chill. He's throwing double thumbs up in pictures, peace signs at the press. Like, you do know, Maduro, like you're probably going to spend the rest of life your life in jail. The Venezuela special ops, I don't think they can do the same thing and come and rescue you. Now, he's scheduled to appear in court today in New York where I imagine, unlike the Diddy trial, I imagine there's going to be a lot of cameras. Bro, just imagine if the judge throws a haymaker him and and and finds him innocent. What are they going to do? Awkwardly place him back? I mean, they say everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but I don't know. I think bombing a country and then taking their leader is a bit of a presumption of guilt. >> [laughter] >> In fact, on that note, we now have the first details about how that operation was carried out and it is insane. We're talking spies, drones, blow torches straight up out of a movie. Now, firstly, as you may have heard, Trump watched this entire thing at Mar-a-Lago. So, at his residence in front of giant screens like it was a TV show. In fact, that's exactly what he said. And it turns out this mission, which they called Operation Absolute Resolve, was months in the making. It was actually they were planning this before the US struck its first Venezuelan drug carrying boats in September. So, all the way back in August, the CIA actually planted small teams of spies to track and monitor Maduro's patterns. They got his location, his movements, how he moved, where he lived, where he traveled, what he ate, what he wore, what were his pets. In fact, one of the spies for the CIA was even a member of Maduro's own government. Man, the CIA is terrifying. This is all while troops in America were setting up a full-scale replica of Maduro's safe house so they can practice and know exactly what to do. And once the time finally came and Trump gave the go-ahead, the special forces team flew that same night in conditions just clear enough, quote, that only the most skilled aviators in the world could maneuver through. Now, while the extraction team were heading to Maduro's house, US air support proceeded to strike certain parts of Venezuela and Trump also suggested that the US cut power in Caracas, which is their capital, before the mission began. Now, he didn't specify what technology he used that they can just cut power to a half or a whole city. But, I guess that's what $1 trillion in annual military spending will get you. And all of the bombing and the power cuts, that was just to serve as a cover for the extraction team to head to Maduro's house. Once they successfully got there at about 2:00 a.m., they were waiting for them at this point. They knew they were coming, so they started Maduro's team firing at them. As you can imagine, this turned into a full-on battlefield. But, and this is one of the craziest parts, despite this, the US team managed to take out almost his entire security team without one major like death or casualty. Again, I I want to know what tech they were using. Speaking about tech, they actually had to carry a blowtorch in case they had to cut through any metal doors. And when the team made it through the compound, they got to Maduro and his wife, they actually attempted to flee into a safe room. Trump said on this note, he made it to the door, he was unable to close it, he got bum-rushed so fast that he didn't get into the room. Obviously, the rest you guys know. They were taken, put on a helicopter and flown to the military ship that was stationed outside of Venezuela. Trump said to the press, "If you would have seen what happened, I mean, I literally watched it like it was a television show. The speed, the violence, it was just an amazing thing, an amazing job that these people did." And guess what? After how successful this operation was for them, and I mean, let me just note, there was about 80 casualties for the Venezuelan side. Actually, 32 were Cuban and they were believed to be his security team. The others, we don't know if they're civilians, we don't know if they're military targets, but about 80 casualties from this. But, because it went so successfully for America, Trump decided to strike while the fear was high and now five other countries have been put on his warning list. The first is Greenland. Yes, we're back at that. And even the Prime Minister of Denmark, which controls Greenland, they had to issue a statement asking Trump to, quote, "Stop the threats." And this is because Trump refused to rule out using military force to seize it, saying that the US would go as far as we have to. In an interview, he added, "We do need Greenland. Absolutely, we need it for defense." The Danish Prime Minister said that it makes absolutely no sense to talk about the US taking over Greenland, warning that it has no right to take over a semi-autonomous territory. The next in line was Mexico and he said that the raid on Venezuela, it wasn't meant to warn them, but, quote, "Something's going to be done about the country's cartels." Adding, "The cartels are running Mexico, not the president." Colombia was next and Trump said, >> Colombia is very sick, too. Run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States. And he's not going to be doing it very long, let me tell you. The reporter asked, "Does that mean US military operation?" To which he replies, "Sounds good to me." Will there be an operation by the US in It sounds good to me. When asked about military action in Cuba, he said this. I think it's just going to fall. I don't think we need any action. Looks like it's going down. It's going down for the count. >> The Cuban president, for what it's worth, said that for Venezuela, we are prepared to give even our own blood, even our own lives. We will make them pay a very heavy price. Remember, 32 Cubans died in this attack. He also threatened Iran that if they kill any protesters, the US is locked and loaded and ready to go. And then finally, Trump warned Delcy Rodriguez, which is Venezuela's vice president and now going to become their actual leader, saying she could pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro, if she doesn't do what's right. Now, I guess it goes without saying, but this has caused major outrage online and amongst many people around the world. Even the BBC is writing articles like Trump's actions could set precedent for authoritarian powers across the globe. They write about China regarding Taiwan as a breakaway province and that they have declared that returning it to the control of China is a matter of national priority. So, they say that China might see this as a precedent set by US action that they can go in and take, you know, what they believe is their property. But, I guess that leads us to the biggest question of the day. We're seeing a very interesting reaction following this whole situation where many Americans are angry about what's going on. And this is all while Venezuelans are celebrating and thanking Trump. So, what the hell's happening? Well, the first thing is, have you noticed that a lot of the celebrations of Venezuelans that you're seeing are actually from them outside the country. For example, this is Buenos Aires. This is in Chile. This is in Madrid in Spain. We've got them in Peru, in Florida, and many more. And the reason for this is pretty dark because since about 2014, which is roughly when Maduro came into power, Venezuela has experienced one of the largest migration exoduses in recent history. Just imagine losing, like, in a decade over 20% of your entire population. Nearly 8 million people have left, making it one of the largest displacement crises in the world. And there was a fair reason why so many have left. Just look at this graph. Post-2014, the country's inflation spiked 1.3 million percent. That is literally off the charts. And this was before the US sanctions hit. And in the decade that followed, it got a lot worse because their GDP shrank by 75%. That is one of the largest contractions ever for a country that is not at war. They saw widespread poverty, malnutrition, severe shortages of food, medicine, and essential services. There was political repression and things way worse that I can't even mention on here, otherwise this will get demonetized. And a very important thing to remember is that Venezuela is not poor today because they lack resources, people, or skills. They are poor because their institutions collapsed. But here's the distinction for why you're seeing such a difference between Venezuelans outside the country and those inside. The vast majority of 2025 polls show that Venezuelans outside of the country support US military intervention while those living inside Venezuela do not. One poll showed that 55% inside Venezuela opposed and only 23% supported while another poll showed that 64% of Venezuelans outside the country support while only 17% objected. And again, those numbers from inside Venezuela might not be fully representative. You know, Venezuela recently passed a law declaring that anyone who expresses support for US military action a traitor. And then also, are you going to feel safe going out and celebrating the capture of your your president or your dictator just you know, a day before? So that definitely could skew results slightly. I also asked my audience on Instagram which is made up of nationalities from all around the world and out of 27,000 votes, that's quite a big sample size, 72% supported while 28% opposed. But here's the thing, it's not just location that is split opinion because when pollers across Latin America were split into their political ideology, 79% on the right believed that US military action was the best way to topple the Maduro regime. And this is all while less than 4% on the left said the same thing. 80% on the right versus less than 4% on the left. That's pretty crazy. The left said that diplomatic negotiations or social protests were the way to go. Now that is where America comes into the mix because the biggest divide there is by far politics. Because while the first polls following Maduro's capture suggest that 41% in America oppose versus 34% support. When you switch over to these pollers politics, you actually see something very similar to those in Latin America where it's 80% on one side like less than 4% on the other. So this is very much become a right and left issue yet again. I mean there's even protests happening in many cities in America like New York for example. They have signs reading no blood for oil. So why are so many Americans angry about what just happened? Well to put it bluntly, firstly, their country doesn't have the best track record when it comes to regime changes in other countries. And actually many Americans today still live with the memory of the devastating consequences of US regime change in the past. We're talking Libya, Iraq, Cuba, and many more. And so for those people, it's not just about Venezuela. It's about their own country's actions in the country that they identify with. I mean they say that this is blatant imperialism, a violation of international law. That Trump doesn't have the right to unilaterally decide that they're now running another sovereign country. He also didn't get approval from the House or Congress. Many fear that this will encourage or set a precedent for other leaders around the world to just go into another country and doing something similar where you know, many of them drew similarities to Putin's objectives in Ukraine. But then again, there's the other side. Those who support it say Maduro was a murderous dictator who was destroying the lives of millions. And many are thanking Trump saying that for the first time in decades, Venezuela is free. And perhaps for many of them, they can finally return home. And actually here's a good point to note. A lot of people are saying to the Venezuelans like don't you guys realize that this is not about liberation. This is about you know, oil and money. Well I came across this clip and I thought it was pretty good of a Venezuelan responding to that. This is not about liberation for the Venezuelan people. This is about oil, money, and regime change. >> Everybody in Venezuela is intelligent enough to know that Donald Trump has ulterior motives and yet it is most definitely for us about liberation because this is the furthest that anybody has gotten to liberating us. This is a huge huge immeasurable accomplishment. So do not under any circumstance undermine it. We know he has ulterior motives. And I mean about the oil part, Trump isn't even hiding that which is pretty crazy. He said that he is going to go in and take control of Venezuela's oil reserves. Plenty laid out in Saturday's press conference is that US companies will go into Venezuela. They will spend billions of dollars to build the proper infrastructure and then drill that oil and then sell it to other countries. And the profits he says will go to three entities, the Venezuelan people, the Venezuelan people abroad, and then the United States too as a one as a reimbursement for building all of the infrastructure but also he wants reparations for the damages that the drug trade and the drug war has caused. Who's going to set that number? I don't know. Now will that actually happen? Who knows. I mean many if not all US regime changes have ended up pretty bad. I mean most times they left this power vacuum which was filled by extremists, warlords, militia, and it's been extremely destabilizing for the country's politics. But then again, remember Venezuela is not poor today because it lacks resources, people, and skills. It's because their institutions collapsed. I mean it wasn't even that long ago where Venezuela was one of the richest countries in Latin America. They had a higher GDP than Spain, Portugal, Greece, South Korea. And all the way back in the 1950s, GDP per capita was higher in Venezuela than Canada, Japan, Brazil. It was 12 times richer than China. And that's crazy. But what do you guys think on this subject? Could this be the beginning of Venezuela's return to its former glory or is this a very dangerous precedent for the rest of the world and a start for something much worse for Venezuela? As always, let me know what you guys' thoughts are in the comments. I will see you on Wednesday for the regular news roundup but boy, we are really living through unprecedented times. So I really thought we just needed to get a lot of information out on this subject because wow. Have a fantastic start to the week and I will see you on Wednesday.