© Forum Geopolitica"We want peace, liberty and justice" - Donald Trump, January 3, 2026
We will not even attempt to legally assess the attack of the US on Venezuela at this point, because Trump is not only breaking international law with this act of robbery, but also American law. When asked by a journalist whether this military strike had been approved by Congress, Trump replied laconically that discussions had been held.
Even Friedrich Merz, who has experience as a criminal, see "What Russia could do," calls the classification of the US action "complex"; in other words, he will welcome it sooner or later.
The Western media do not condemn the robbery in any way, but sell the action as the liberation of the Venezuelan people.
The world is selling US bonds and America is running out of money - it's as simple as that. With the oil that the Americans want to steal, they will once again have assets with which to refinance ailing America. Trump was therefore forced to carry out this raid, because otherwise the empty coffers in Washington would blow up in his face. Being a businessman, he even found a way to make his friends in the oil business rich at the same time.
He was also able to rely on the corrupt military and business leaders in Venezuela - even Maduro's bodyguards abandoned him. The military, probably in consultation with the CIA, shut down its own air defenses to guarantee safe passage for the robber barons.
The parallels with Syria are obvious, with the difference that Assad smelled a rat and had himself flown out by the Russians.
Consequences
It is questionable whether the Americans will manage to bring the entire country under control. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is putting on a combative front.
Trump seems to want to install his protégé Rubio as vice president in order to take over the country.
The Chinese and Russians will not intervene militarily under any circumstances. Rather, it is to be expected that the Chinese will take revenge by destroying COMEX; we will know more in the next few days. The gold and silver prices should be watched closely. The higher the prices of these precious metals, the worse the situation is for the US dollar and the American public finances.
We must hope that Venezuela will defend itself - by any means necessary.
What is certain is that the western world has turned its back on the rule of law. Trump is introducing the law of the jungle. How would Trump react if countries began to take all American citizens residing in those countries hostage?
Reader Comments
Eff that. Who needs that shit - and if a leader of a place can just be picked up and apprehended - well that metaphorically could be applicable to so many things.
Bad idea it was - consequences on the way no doubt.
In 2007 under Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan government expropriated assets of foreign oil companies that refused to restructure their holdings to grant PDVSA (the state oil company) majority control. ExxonMobil resisted these terms, and Venezuela seized their assets. In 2014, an international arbitration panel ordered Venezuela to pay $1.6 billion to ExxonMobil, determining the compensation offered was insufficient. Venezuela did not pay this judgment.
Insofar as I'm aware Trump only mentioned this in passing and made no attempt to collect the outstanding amount due Exxon.
Instead we have this macabre theatre of USN killing patsies likely hired by US black ops to run "drug boats" that had no chance of making it to USA. There is NO evidence that Maduro was attempting to break the Cocaine Importing Agency's monopoly. There is no evidence that Trump is planning to shut it down either.
So instead of attempting to collect payment due, Trump decided to seize the entire country.
One could make the case that kidnapping a foreign president with a surgical black military operation in violation of international law could be better than declaring war and killing tens of thousands.
Of course, it is yet to be seen how this operation leads to USA "running the country". I'll believe that when (if) I see it. Considering the history of US operations over recent decades I'll be really surprised if this ends well.
However, no one should paint Maduro as a good guy.