The Trump Regime’s Abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro 

By David Starr

 

The Trump regime’s crimes just keep piling up, both foreign and domestic. In the case of foreign aggression, the regime’s airstrikes in Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president Nicolas Maduro further shows the Trump regime’s guilt without remorse.

 

There are comparisons of the Trump regime with the Nazi regime. But Trump has failed in the long run to draw large support from U.S. citizens and many who live in other countries. And like Hitler (despite his former support by Germans), his regime has failed in its objectives, with more hatred expressed against the regime.

 

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriquez made a defiant speech, indicating that most Venezuelans are united against the abduction of Maduro and a U.S. invasion, as reported by Middle East Eye.

 

This is not over. While Trump says the U.S. will “run” Venezuela, the population in the country think otherwise as they have prepared to defend their nation. Despite Trump’s absurd claim, the current government of Venezuela is still intact and the revolution that Hugo Chavez ushered in almost 30 years ago is still alive.

 

On the Glenn Dieson Show, Jeffery Sachs analyzed the Venezuelan situation in-depth. Sachs is known to oppose the U.S. empire’s imperial motives. Sach’s take on Venezuela is an important contribution to the political narrative.

 

To further put sanity into the narrative, Telesur interviewed Chris Gilbert, Professor of Studies of the Bolivarian University. Gilbert at times sounds a little rhetorical but his points, like Sach’s, are important.

 

The Trump regime declared that Maduro is a “narco-terrorist” who sends drugs to the U.S. The percentage of drugs that come out of Venezuela is about 5-10%, far lower than other countries in the region. Trump stuck with the narco-terrorist line for a while but then admitted what was obvious: he wants regime change and the vast oil reserves Venezuela has.

 

Out of utter insanity, Trump claimed that Venezuela’s oil and resources belong to the U.S. but his claim is a reflection of the old Monroe doctrine where U.S. officials arrogantly declared that Latin America and the Caribbean are the U.S. empire’s “backyard.” Trump is admitting to committing a crime by trying to “run” Venezuela.

 

What about support for Maduro? According to a Hinterlaces poll, published in TruthOut, while there are criticisms of him, still, 65% of Venezuelans support him. Meanwhile 28% oppose him. While this poll was taken in September 2025, there is a trend that Maduro has majority support, although that support is sometimes based on a majority of Venezuelans opposing regime change and a U.S. invasion.

 

Maduro and his wife are being, or have been, transported to New York where Maduro faces criminal charges. This is itself a farce considering that a criminal occupies the White House. There is no evidence that Maduro is a “narco-terrorist.”

 

Regarding regime change, TruthOut quoted Miguel Tinker Salas, professor of Latin American history at Pomona College in California, who concluded that, “U.S.-led efforts at regime change have been disastrous,” and if there is an effort by force to try and impose this, a U.S.-backed regime “will face a crisis of legitimacy, especially if they begin to implement neoliberal economic policies as they have proposed. While “important segments of the population may be critical of Maduro,” Venezuelans “will not stand idly by and allow their rights to be subverted.”

 

The TruthOut article also pointed out that despite their opposition, many non-Chavistas and anti-Chavistas are joining militias to defend Venezuela from the U.S. empire’s cynical objectives. 

 

The Trump regime will continue to try and impose its ideological agenda on a worldwide basis, characterized by insane threats to invade other countries. But the regime’s very actions could very well be its downfall, both foreign and domestic. The regime’s crimes must be stopped.        

 

 

 

 

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