The Trump Doctrine Rebuilds Fortress America
J.B. Shurk
Early Saturday morning, details emerged of a U.S. military operation in Venezuela that effected the successful capture and extradition of Venezuela’s illegitimate president, Nicolás Maduro, to the United States. Delta Force operators executed a daring mission in Caracas while combat pilots led the effort to destroy key military installations on the ground. The narcoterrorist Maduro will no longer wield power over the Venezuelan people or serve as a conduit for America’s enemies to poison Americans and wage hybrid warfare against the United States. Maduro was blindfolded aboard the USS Iwo Jima as he began his journey toward becoming a criminal defendant in New York (maybe he’ll feel at home with fellow communist Zohran Mamdani at the helm in NYC).
President Trump reportedly warned the Venezuelan dictator weeks ago that if he refused to peacefully relinquish power and go into exile, the American military would reach down and collect him like an arm coming from the sky. As Vice President Vance dryly observed, “Maduro is the newest person to find out that President Trump means what he says.”
Hopefully this decapitation strike upon Venezuela’s illegitimate government serves as a warning to all communists and narcoterrorists in positions of power along latitudinal lines below America’s southern border: Your days of endangering the Western Hemisphere are numbered.
The success of this mission will lead casual observers to conclude that there were few risks. On the contrary, there were extraordinary risks. Putting U.S. servicemembers in harm’s way invites the possibility of catastrophe. When elite operators are tasked with complex objectives on battlefields with many unknown variables, the best laid plans lead the needle toward success only so far. The fact that Secretary of War Hegseth and the U.S. military executed this mission successfully while avoiding American losses is a testament to the planning, skill, and courage of all involved.
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