Former Vice President Kamala Harris has joined many Congressional leaders in condemning President Donald Trump’s “unlawful” and “unwise” move to capture and indict Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. Harris insists that Trump’s actions weren’t about drugs nor democracy, but about oil and Trump’s ego.
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As previously shared, early Saturday morning (January 3), U.S. Forces carried out several strikes across key locations in Venezuela. During the military operation, President Maduro and his wife were captured, placed on a plane, and removed from their country to face narcoterrorism conspiracy charges early next week in New York City.
Maduro and his wife touched down at Stewart Airport in Orange County, New York. Accompanying the couple were several DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) agents. The officials then took the couple to a DEA field office in Manhattan for processing.
Officials then transferred The Maduros to the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC Brooklyn). This is the same jail that housed El Chapo, Diddy, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Luigi Mangione, Sam Bankman Fried, Michael Cohen, and many more celebrities as they awaited federal trials.
Joining congressional leaders in condemning President Donald Trump’s capture of President Nicolás Maduro is former VP Kamala Harris. Late Saturday, she took to her X account and wrote:
“Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela do not make America safer, stronger, or more affordable. That Maduro is a brutal, illegitimate dictator does not change the fact that this action was both unlawful and unwise. We’ve seen this movie before. Wars for regime change or oil that are sold as strength but turn into chaos, and American families pay the price. The American people do not want this, and they are tired of being lied to.
This is not about drugs or democracy. It is about oil and Donald Trump’s desire to play the regional strongman. If he cared about either, he wouldn’t pardon a convicted drug trafficker or sideline Venezuela’s legitimate opposition while pursuing deals with Maduro’s cronies. The President is putting troops at risk, spending billions, destabilizing a region, and offering no legal authority, no exit plan, and no benefit at home. America needs leadership whose priorities are lowering costs for working families, enforcing the rule of law, strengthening alliances, and — most importantly — putting the American people first.”
President Trump has previously spoken on Venezuela’s oil reserves. He most recently, after capturing President Maduro, said the U.S. will “run” the nation and “fix its oil infrastructure.” He also claimed to keep and sell off oil seized from the country.
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