After Venezeula, has America Become a Rogue State? | SinoPolitik EP10

On January 3, 2026, US special forces raided Venezuela, kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro from Miraflores Palace in a lightning operation, and flew him to face drug charges in New York. Trump claims it's about stopping narcotics, but is it really? Our analysis exposes the hypocrisy: America's long history with drug cartels (Iran-Contra, Honduras pardons), why Venezuela's oil (world's largest reserves) is the true target, and how weak global demand makes it economically dubious. No plan for democracy, no Guaidó or Machado involvement—just Neo-Jacksonian violence for spoils, echoing Andrew Jackson's frontier wars.

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