US EditionTrump's Venezuela Strike Splits MAGA Base
President Trump ordered a military operation capturing Nicolás Maduro, citing narco-terrorism and national security, while planning U.S. oversight of Venezuela and access to its oil, officials said.
- On Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, President Donald Trump ordered an overnight strike that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, who face charges in New York.
- Officials tied the action to drug trafficking, dictatorship, and Venezuela's oil reserves, arguing it supported regional stability and targeted multiple threats, the White House said.
- The raid deployed a large-scale nighttime operation with helicopters and fighter jets, while Trump monitored it live from Mar-a-Lago, releasing photos of a situation room with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- Congressional Republicans largely praised the strike while only two House Republicans publicly raised concerns, but some MAGA-aligned figures split, notably Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who criticized Trump and urges targeting Mexico.
- Legal and political experts said the operation bypassed Congress and violated war powers, warning the U.S. could become entangled in Venezuela and Democrats may exploit this ahead of midterm congressional elections.
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In the MAGA circles (Make America Great Again, as the grassroots movement of support for President Donald Trump is known), these days the debate is largely semantic: What does the slogan “America First” really mean (United States first), a central part of the Trump ideology? Some argue that it means absolute isolationism, and that, therefore, the operation in Venezuela on Saturday morning to capture President Nicolás Maduro and the subsequent co…
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OK! MagazineMarjorie Taylor Greene Accuses Donald Trump of MAGA Betrayal After Capture of Venezuela Leader Nicolás Maduro: 'We Are So Sick and Tired'
Marjorie Taylor Greene expressed her disapproval of President Donald Trump's Venezuela military operation in an interview with NBC News on Sunday, January 4.
What Trump’s Venezuela intervention means for US domestic politics
Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, once a close ally of Donald Trump, spelled out in one short sentence why elements of the US president’s core voter base were dismayed at the weekend operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro: “This is what many in Maga thought they voted to end.” The sentiment expressed by Greene, who recently broke with Trump over what she alleged was his unwillingness to order the justice departme…
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