By JACKIE TAYLOR | January 7, 2026

Does what he says

When will people learn that Obama had a moveable red line in the sand, President Donald Trump does not. So Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro apparently didn’t know that or believe that when he told Trump to ‘come and get me.’

So, Trump did; now Maduro faces a United States Court for various charges related to being an alleged drug kingpin.

I happened to be out of town when the January 3 military move to grab Maduro occurred, but after a bit of surprise, I felt pride in what the United States was able to accomplish.

It’s amusing to watch the Lefties spin in their undies. First, it was no kings. They were upset at what Wikipedia describes the No Kings movement as “the No Dictators or No Tyrants protests, is a series of political demonstrations, largely in the United States, against what the organizers describe as authoritarian policies of President Donald Trump and corruption in his administration.”

So, amusingly and with a bit of head scratching, I find it ridiculous that they are now up in arms about the United States removing a socialist dictator that was sending massive amounts of drugs into our country, killing political enemies by the thousands, and destroying Venezuela’s economy in the interim. Make up your minds!

Many are worried about the United States taking over countries that aren’t ours. US oil corporations have considerable investment in that region, as explained by CNBC.com, “Conoco and Exxon participated in Venezuela’s “oil opening” policy in the 1990s, which invited foreign investment to develop resources in the Orinoco Belt. They exited the country after Chavez’s nationalization and filed arbitration claims against Caracas.

“Conoco has outstanding claims from arbitration cases against the Venezuela approaching $10 billion, Jayaram said. Exxon’s claims are around $2 billion, he said.”

Trump contends Venezuela took the US corporation’s property, therefore, it’s ours to take back, in a nutshell.

I think people are reeling from watching a president actually do what he says he’s going to rather than get our butt kicked through the likes of Obama and Biden. Obama seemed to have a particular propensity to help any entity associated with Islam and Biden had a propensity to help any entity that lined his pockets.

Trump does things to help America; therefore, pissing off the Lefties and their move to hate anything pro-America.

So, nature hates a black hole. Exit Maduro to face US courts, and enter Venezuela’s vice president under Maduro, Delcy Rodriguez. Claims from the Dems were that the US was trying to enforce a regime change. Rodriguez and the rest of the cabinet were in place under Maduro.

Granted, Trump did tell Rodriguez she better play well in the sandbox or she could face the black bag over her face one day, but Maduro’s cabinet is in place.

Why on earth would Trump put our military in jeopardy to grab Maduro – reminder, a reward offer increase of up to $50 million under the Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP) for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Nicolás Maduro for violating U.S. narcotics laws was in place, up from $25 million under the Biden cabinet – if the government left in place was as bad or worse than what is being held in jail?

Trump hedged his bet on Rodriguez and essentially said she needs to play nice in the same sandbox as we play in.

Greenies are parents of the cry room, participation ribbon generation. That extends to our military in their minds. They don’t understand the thought concept of winning; it’s foreign to their minds and offensive to them.

Meanwhile, the rest of America is actually pretty giddy that the influx of drugs we’d seen from Venezuela is on a rapid decline. Hence, Trump’s warning to Colombia and Mexico that we won’t tolerate upheavals.

It’s 4D chess; Trump is a master in a very dangerous game, but my bet is on him and the United States.