
Hmmm BEEGE WONDERS: With Venezuela completely under US control, what happens in Cuba? This oil embargo was already severely straining the Cuban regime.
Is Cuba the next Caribbean domino to fall?
HOLY CRAP
As if they heard me, the question just got asked at the presser.
Guys. One more thing to chew on as it all ends.
If they invade Taiwan, the Straits of Malacca will be closed to them immediately.
They can possibly protect supply lines from Russia and the ‘stans, but that’s it.
— Peter Orem (@PeterMOrem) January 3, 2026
…The bottom line is that if these governments fall, then China won’t have enough oil to wage war.
Man.
This is Star Trek-levels of chess.
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Here we go:
‘In the heart of Caracas’
All Venezuelan military was rendered powerless. Maduro captured in the dead of night. Lights were turned off due to a certain expertise we have’ Oh, sly. Good phrasing
Thanks to men and women of the military achieving such a victory. Ships of Venezuela were in a ‘ready position’ but were completely overwhelmed. Not a single American was killed and not a piece of equipment was lost.
More importantly, no one killed
Trump says 97% of the boats at sea have been knocked out.
He says they’re going to run the country until such time as there can be a safe and proper and judicious transition.
He wants the country safe for all the Venezuelans here to return. We’ll stay until the proper transition can take place.
Oil business has been a bust, pumping almost nothing, and will now have US companies go in and fix oil infrastructure to make money for the country. Ready to do a second wave if it is necessary. Had assumed one might be but it wasn’t.
Partnership of Venezuela with the US will make the people of the country rich, independent and safe.Illegitimate dictator was responisble for collasel amounts of drugs into the US flooding the nation with lethal poison, hundreds of thousands of Americans died because of him and his wife.
The overwhelming evidence of their crimes is horrible and breathtaking.
Trump running through the gangs Tren de Aragua and those crimes delineated
Okay – he’s getting a smidge offtrack as he tends to do, wandering into DC and Memphis, New Orleans and the crime stats after the National Guard deployments in those cities. I imagine he’s a bit sleep-deprived.
I’m wondering if Marco ever visualized himself running Venezuela when he was a little boy…
No one from Venezuela will ever be a threat again – Trump mentioned Jocelyn Nungary again, precious little girl.
So what does happen to these criminals now. Interesting problem.
Trump now on the nationalization of American oil assets. How they’d driven Americans out of their own property in their own hemisphere. ‘That would have happened if I had been president.’
NOT ANYMORE, he says.
Trump says they’d forgotten about the Monroe doctrine and says it won’t ever be questioned again. The DONroe Doctrine. Reasserting American power in our home region in our own way.
The future will be determined by the ability to defend core national security
He will never allow terrorists and criminals to act with impunity against the citizens of the United States. Embargo remains in effect, the armada remains in place, and all demands remain in effect.
Thanks Gen Cain – I had a feeling he had a YUGE part in this – and now Hegseth.
Pete says it was joint military and law enforcement.
Now Dan Cain –
Discrete, precise and conducted during the dark of night.
He’s going to give details, says it was months ago. I’m not even going to try to keep up with this. I’ll post the whole thing when it becomes available.You can follow here right now.
President Trump Holds a Press Conference, Jan. 3, 2026 https://t.co/5ykCqSNuNa
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 3, 2026
Ocean, mountains, low clouds.
GOOD LUCK AND GOD SPEED, from 20 different bases.
All I can say is GOD BLESS AMERICA and our magnificent American military.
Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima. pic.twitter.com/omF2UpDJhA
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 3, 2026
TWO HOURS, in and out.
DAMN
Marco Now:
Hilarious – After rattling off everything about Maduro’s illegitimacy and the bounty on his head, not to mention the offers for him to leave in one piece, Marco says,
‘I guess we just saved fifty million dollars‘
And then he basically says ‘Don’t play the big guy. We’ll talk to anyone, but we don’t mess around.’
Thanks for sticking with me, you all. This has been something else.
Oh there’s a bit of news Trump just dropped – Marco’s talked to the Venezuelan VP! Trump says, she’s ‘been sworn in and is willing to do what she needs to do.’ Okay. That’s a loaded statement.
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While we wait for the president to begin the promised press conference, how about a little trip down memory lane?
Never forget: Joe Biden sent John Kerry to Egypt in 2022 to cozy up to Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
For what? Climate change.
What a difference a President can make. pic.twitter.com/utw0p1kpuy
— Daniel Turner (@DanielTurnerPTF) January 3, 2026
Goll-lee, Nell – don’t I thank God nearly every day for delivering us from them a year ago.
Okay, so I’ll be live posting this when Trump appears, so THE RULEZ:
1) No snarking about spelling, you hypercritical editors out there. A stenographer I am not.
11:13 EST They’re still using the ‘moments away’ banner for the conference.
How about a little ‘Please be patient – an agent will be with you shortly‘ music, courtesy of VIP member Jon?
— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) January 3, 2026
While we wait, a dear friend on Facebook sent along another tidbit that regards alarm bells ringing, not in Tehran, but in CHINA.
Check this stuff out!
When I so regularly say think it through, here is what I mean. A) you can be darn sure US knew of the travelling envoy and tracked them B) this gave them Maduro location at precise point and time C) This sets of alarm bells in China about somebody possibly passing information or… https://t.co/SwDL3meS0L
— Blume Industries CEO Balding 大老板 (@BaldingsWorld) January 3, 2026
… C) This sets of alarm bells in China about somebody possibly passing information or how US can easily track Chinese personnel D) This sets of alarm bells among despots now worried about meeting openly or even collaborating openly with China that much. On and on and on. You see how this works?
HOLY CRAP
Fox says they’ve been given the two-minute warning. Schmaybe here we go? Hang on.
🚨BREAKING: Nobel Peace Prize winner and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado: “We are ready to take over government” in Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/Dz3lYXJKER
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) January 3, 2026
And away we go:
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