Trump Insider Claims Admin Will Coordinate With Congress On Venezuela 'When Maduro's Corpse Is In U.S. Custody': Report

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Democrats and some Republicans are questioning the legal justification for the Trump administration's strikes off the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia

Demian Bio @bio_demian / Published Oct 24 2025, 6:14 AM EDT

A person close to the White House said the Trump administration is set to continue escalating pressure against the Venezuelan regime, and it will only coordinate its actions with Congress "when (authoritarian President Nicolas) Maduro's corpse is in U.S. custody."

The person made the claim while discussing with Semafor criticism against the legal justifications for the administration's strikes off Venezuela and Colombia.

The outlet noted that so far the White House has held six classified briefings for lawmakers about the pressure campaign. Most Republicans remain supportive of the campaign, with some even taunting the Maduro regime and claiming its end is near. Others, however, are voicing doubts.
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"I think Congress needs to go further. Rather than just asserting our ability to authorize military force — which we certainly need to do — we also need to officially bring to close these conflicts and make clear that we have constitutional prerogatives that need to be consistently asserted," Young added.
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Trump seemingly intends to move ahead with the campaign despite the reservations. "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead," he said on Thursday, claiming the administration intends to take on cartels operating in the country and led by regime members.
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more: https://www.latintimes.com/trump-insider-claims-admin-will-coordinate-congress-venezuela-when-maduros-corpse-us-590878

[Irish_Dem]

1. Plan is to murder the President of Venezuela and steal all their oil.

Largest oil reserves in the world.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Cue the RWNJs -- you'll see "that's OUR oil under THEIR country" T-shirts real soon now.

Because, you know, the US is entitled to all fossil fuels.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Canada and Greenland are US states too.

And all the money and resources in the world belong to Trump personally.

[Biophilic]

2. And our entire congress is not up in arms about this?

Is there anything right about our country right now? This feels so much worse than Iran. This is so much more blazen and criminal.

[struggle4progress]

5. Gus McCrae School of Bartending

Now the thing we didn't put up with then was dawdling service