Rachel Maddow's instant reaction to Trump 'capturing' Maduro

[Gaugamela]

MS NOW's Rachel Maddow reacts to President Donald Trump's strike on Venezuela and capture of Venezuelan President Maduro.

[Ninga]

1. This is brilliant, understandable and worthy. I dare say, I will not read such an analysis anywhere that is as

comprehensive. Many thanks Gaugamela for posting!

[Unwind Your Mind]

2. A short for sharing

https://youtube.com/shorts/gvjFJTyrZxg?si=3bJO-Wkso4oqNR2X

Picks out the important bit about the rationale not making sense in light of actions re other leaders in South America

[Upthevibe]

3. Gaugamela.........

Thank you.

I was looking for Rachel's commentary earlier and couldn't find it....This was before 45 spoke. I'd love to hear her thoughts now...

[peppertree]

4. Wagging the dog - that's all these GOPee gangsters know how to do

If they get their way, Venezuela quite possibly will then become the "narco-state" they now claim it is (but, of course, isn't).

Little Narco will try to make sure of that.

That's what happened to the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Colombia after neo-cons like him intervened one way or another.

All the Best to the people of Venezuela itself - who've had to endure illegal sanctions for a decade, and now this.

[Wicked Blue]

5. Please include notification that the post is a video

I don't open posts that consist entirely of videos.

[Gaugamela]

7. Take it up with the administrators. It's not our concern what posts you

choose to open or not. No one here is going to cater to your particular preferences.

[Wicked Blue]

13. Other DUers besides myself have requested that posters indicate their post is a video

I don't open videos in case they contain malware.

Icons indicating that a post is a video already exist for YouTube videos.

I made my request politely. No need to reply in a combative manner.

[Gaugamela]

14. This is a YouTube video. It's the only kind of video you can post here, unless

it’s embedded in a tweet or Bluesky post. Apparently you didn’t see the red icon. You’re not going to get malware opening a post on DU, or from YouTube, and if you do you could get it from anywhere on the webpage. I’m not being combative I’m just being reasonable. You can’t dictate common practice on a public forum. How would you expect to reach every member and enforce compliance? The rules are made by the site administrators.

[BidenRocks]

6. Don't hold your breath waiting for

A rational explanation!
This was eliminating the competition.

Wait for the terrorist attacks.

[popsdenver]

12. I have worried throughout this past year

and now with recent actions, including this one...........

WE AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET..............and we are way, way ,past the point of "Katie Bar The Door"..........
and quite possibly past the "Point of No Return".................

The Republicans.... 2025.....Christian Nationalists..... etc, with Trump back in power, are accelerating to warp speed with much that we are seeing, and who knows what all we are NOT seeing, that they are doing from the shadows, behind smoke and mirrors......

[Justice matters.]

8. By pedo the felon's criminal "logic" which country is now justified to go capture him?

Dicktatorial Liar. Check.

Sends innocent people to concentration camps. Check.

Illegally invades Democratic-led cities. Check.

Illegally puts his rotten name on public institutions. Check.

Builds costly monuments to praise himself. Check.

Covers up for his pedophilian rich friends (and himself). Check.

Which country can now justify coming to grab him by the tiny mushroom??

[Fil1957]

9. Trump says the U.S. is going to run Venezuela now. How the hell is he going to do that? Is the government of Venezuela

just going to follow orders from Trump? I don't think so. The only way the U.S. can "run" Venezuela is to invade and get tied up in another insurgent war.

As usual, there appears to be no coherent strategy. For Trump and his minions, today will be their best day. Everything related to Venezuela will go downhill from here on out for them.

Oh, and I haven't heard one word from the media about the pardon of El Salvador former president Juan Orlando Hernández for drug trafficking -- the reason why Maduro was kidnapped.

I know by now no one should be surprised at the level of blatant hypocrisy and criminality of this regime, but I still am.

[Exp]

10. You break it, you bought it. Repairing Venezuela is going to cost us BILLIONS! Ah, sorry, no money for education,

hospitals, retirement, roads, etc.

Send TrumpCo to the HAGUE!!

[generalbetrayus]

11. He's going to run Venezuela?

♫ Here's to the new boss, same as the old boss. ♫

Venezuela has oil. Welcome to Exxonuela.

[BidenRocks]

15. Chump runs things all right

Right into the ground!

These are criminal actions and I welcome ANY retaliation.

THAT is being Patriotic.
Stop these criminal actions done 'In my name"!

[yellow dahlia]

16. I watched her on Velshi this morning.

She was cogent and smart and analytical....on the fly...as usual.