US EditionJon Stewart, Seth Meyers rip Donald Trump’s Venezuela operation: This is all exhausting
The U.S. military used roughly 150 aircraft and special forces to remove Maduro in a large-scale operation without congressional consent, causing international condemnation and reported casualties.
- On Saturday, U.S. forces entered Venezuelan territory and forcibly removed Nicolás Maduro; more than 150 aircraft launched the operation late Friday night, and Maduro and Cilia Flores face arraignment Monday.
- U.S. officials say the operation followed unsealed indictments and months of intelligence, including a CIA team inserted earlier that tracked Nicolás Maduro, deposed Venezuelan president, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought his ouster.
- During the assault, cyber strikes blacked out Caracas lights as Delta Force troops reached Maduro's compound, with some U.S. personnel injured and Venezuelan security personnel reported killed.
- The operation triggered diplomatic rebukes and an OAS special session Tuesday, while legal critics noted no congressional authorization or declaration of war, raising War Powers questions.
- Plans to revive Venezuela's petroleum sector face steep costs and timeframes, with analysts warning it would cost about $100 billion and a decade to restore peak output in a country of about 31 million.
17 Articles
17 Articles
'Reverse ICE'd and imported': Jon Stewart takes aim at capture of Venezuela's Maduro
Jon Stewart took aim at Donald Trump’s handling of the Venezuela crisis on The Daily Show, mocking the president’s role in the military operation that saw Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro ousted and flown to the U.S. “reverse‑ICE’d and imported,” Stewart joked.
East Bay Times
Duffy: Trump just removed the last restraints on presidential power
In the early hours of Saturday morning, U.S. forces entered Venezuelan territory and forcibly removed the country’s head of state, Nicolás Maduro. There was no declaration of war by the United States. No authorization from Congress. No imminent threat publicly articulated before the operation was carried out. Instead, Americans were informed after the fact, through statements framed as assertions rather than explanations. The Trump administratio…
Jon Stewart shares his thoughts on Trump and Venezuela
The late night shows are all returning after the holidays, and there's a lot of stuff to catch up on — with the U.S. attack on Venezuela and abduction of President Nicolás Maduro top of the list."Look, no-one knows how this operation is going to work out, but based on the United States' track record, my guess is we're going to be really happy about this for a couple of weeks, and then 30 years from now there will be a Venezuelan leftist revoluti…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 92% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
