USA invades Venezuela and captures its President and his wife!

To post in this sub-forum you must have made 100 posts or have Trust status or have completed our ID Verification

Forums › Politics › USA invades Venezuela and captures its President and his wife!

Batman

Mad Scientist
30012 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 6217

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#323698 3-Jan-2026 23:08

https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/venezuela-explosions-caracas-intl-hnk-01-03-26

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been captured and flown out of Venezuela after the US carried out a large scale strike on the capital city of Caracas, US President Donald Trump announced, adding there will be “further details to follow.”

Anyone hazards a guess that they will install a puppet leader that will give USA oil and minerals?

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ... | 7

305 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 221

#3449455 3-Jan-2026 23:14

Pretty sure it'll be the woman that won the Peace Prize, I remember some comments around the time that sort of predicted something along these lines.

jameshammond

63 posts

Master Geek
+1 received by user: 41

ID Verified

#3449456 3-Jan-2026 23:16

I find it crazy that the US President is authorising and overseeing military operations from his resort, and not the White House situation room.

insane

3324 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1006

ID Verified

Trusted

2degrees

Subscriber

#3449458 3-Jan-2026 23:21

jameshammond:

I find it crazy that the US President is authorising and overseeing military operations from his resort, and not the White House situation room.

POTUS is playing real-life Risk with his top DoD staff. This must be a message to Putin or some other world leader ...

Guess I'll be re-fixing my mortgage early after all.

Bung

6733 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2926

Subscriber

#3449505 4-Jan-2026 00:21

jameshammond:

I find it crazy that the US President is authorising and overseeing military operations from his resort, and not the White House situation room.

Wasn't that demolished to build a dance hall? /s

The Nobel Board need to create a blacklist of people that will never get a peace prize and award Trump 1st place.

quickymart

14940 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 13953

ID Verified

#3449512 4-Jan-2026 07:36

snj:

Pretty sure it'll be the woman that won the Peace Prize, I remember some comments around the time that sort of predicted something along these lines.

Politico mentions her here: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-victory-lap-raid-maduro-00709641

Trump wouldn’t say if the U.S. would support Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who received the Nobel Peace Prize last year and dedicated it to Trump.

SaltyNZ

8862 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 9539

Trusted

2degrees

Lifetime subscriber

#3449516 4-Jan-2026 08:25

Now that the US military is back in the business of deposing lawless thug presidents, I can think of one much closer to home they should do next.

iPad Pro 11" + iPhone 15 Pro Max + 2degrees 4tw!

These comments are my own and do not represent the opinions of 2degrees.

Quic Broadband

Move to New Zealand's best fibre broadband service (affiliate link). Free setup code: R587125ERQ6VE. Note that to use Quic Broadband you must be comfortable with configuring your own router.

freitasm

BDFL - Memuneh
80646 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 41030

Administrator

ID Verified

Trusted

Geekzone

Lifetime subscriber

#3449526 4-Jan-2026 08:57

Putin must be furious he couldn't topple a government and kidnap a President in a day.

Referral links: Quic Broadband (free setup code: R587125ERQ6VE) | Samsung | AliExpress | Wise | Sharesies

Support Geekzone by subscribing (browse ads-free), or making a one-off or recurring donation through PressPatron.

tdgeek

30048 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 9455

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#3449528 4-Jan-2026 09:01

So many moving parts here.

Trump doesnt recognise Machado as she didnt get the popular vote. Its reported she got 67%. She is not right leaning

Trump says they will work with Maduro's VP who said she will do what the US wants, who is missing. Apart from phone contact. She also leads the oil industry there, has close ties with US oil, especially Chevron. Now she has just started talking on video feed, she wants Maduro returned!

A lot of Venezuelan military and government activity at the heavily fortified Govt buildings in Caracas. Shops are closed, streets are empty

Trump has stated US will makes lots of money, get wealth out of the ground

Venezuela sells oil to China, is a large ally of Russia with arms transactions.

Most of the Maduro govt are corrupt, likely get paid off by Maduro, so are complicit. What should happen is a transitional Govt is appointed, fine if US has representatives at the tables, but not to run the country. Elections need to be held or accept that Machado is the correct new leader. But the US has its own agenda, oil, power, seize a Russian and China ally. As usual, the citizens arent relevant.

Gurezaemon

~HONYAKKER!~
1417 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1565

ID Verified

Lifetime subscriber

#3449535 4-Jan-2026 10:13

I'm confilicted by this.
On one hand, I'm glad that Maduro, the latest in a long line of murderous South American thug-dictators, is gone. It's too late for the thousands of people who have died or been 'vanished' under his rule, and for the economy of what used to be a prosperous, advanced, and relatively free country.

On the other hand, the Trump ~~junta~~ government bare-facedly mentioning oil deals for US companies has taken away any moral high-ground that the US may have had left regarding changing governments by force. It's further legitimizing the "might is right" mindset that has led to the Ukraine situation we have now.

Get your business seen overseas - Nexus Translations

tdgeek

30048 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 9455

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#3449537 4-Jan-2026 10:24

Gurezaemon:

I'm confilicted by this.
On one hand, I'm glad that Maduro, the latest in a long line of murderous South American thug-dictators, is gone. It's too late for the thousands of people who have died or been 'vanished' under his rule, and for the economy of what used to be a prosperous, advanced, and relatively free country.
On the other hand, the Trump ~~junta~~ government bare-facedly mentioning oil deals for US companies has taken away any moral high-ground that the US may have had left regarding changing governments by force. It's further legitimizing the "might is right" mindset that has led to the Ukraine situation we have now.

100% agree.

You can have regime change to free the downtrodden citizens from a ruthless dictator.

Or you have other non citizens reasons, as Trump continuously has stated.

MikeB4

MikeB4
18775 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 12765

ID Verified

Trusted

Subscriber

#3449539 4-Jan-2026 10:32

Who will be next? Cuba, Mexico, Columbia, Panama, Greenland? He has the oil he craved and he won’t stop there. De ja vu.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

Geekzone

Want to support Geekzone and browse the site without the ads? Subscribe to Geekzone now (monthly, annual and lifetime options).

sleemanj

1514 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 315

#3449547 4-Jan-2026 10:50

Maduro was terrible, but you know who else is terrible, a long long list of people with Mohammaed bin Salman and his dad pretty near the top of the list, but it will be a pretty cold day in hell before the US invades Saudi Arabia to free the people from the tyranny of the Al Sauds.

This is nothing more than a thinly veiled grab of power, resource and influence by the US. "Freeing the people" is a convenient excuse, it's not the justification. Trump and the US don't care if somebody is a dictator, what matters is if they are useful and profitable.

---
James Sleeman
I sell lots of stuff for electronic enthusiasts...

quickymart

14940 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 13953

ID Verified

#3449548 4-Jan-2026 10:51

MikeB4:

Who will be next? Cuba, Mexico, Columbia, Panama, Greenland? He has the oil he craved and he won’t stop there. De ja vu.

I would say Brazil (the orange buffoon really doesn't like Lula) but I don't think Brazil has the oil reserves the former craves - please feel free to correct me though.

Ge0rge

2114 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2060

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#3449549 4-Jan-2026 10:52

tdgeek:

100% agree.

You can have regime change to free the downtrodden citizens from a ruthless dictator.

You don't get a regime change by simply removing the dictator. You create absolute chaos and a power vacuum.

Ge0rge

2114 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2060

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#3449551 4-Jan-2026 10:54

quickymart:

MikeB4:

Who will be next? Cuba, Mexico, Columbia, Panama, Greenland? He has the oil he craved and he won’t stop there. De ja vu.

I would say Brazil (the orange buffoon really doesn't like Lula) but I don't think Brazil has the oil reserves the former craves - please feel free to correct me though.

Rubio made the comment "If I lived in Havana and I was in government, I'd be concerned at least".

And yet the rest of the world will tut tut and do very little, and the US will veto any action or condemnation the UN may consider.

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ... | 7