Overview
- During NBC’s Meet the Press, Marjorie Taylor Greene called the seizure of Nicolás Maduro “the same Washington playbook” and said it betrays an “America First” mandate.
- Speaking on her final weekend in Congress, she argued Mexican cartels drive U.S. fentanyl deaths and questioned the strike’s narco-terrorism rationale.
- Trump said he authorized CIA operations, vowed the United States will run Venezuela, and outlined plans for U.S. oil companies to rebuild production under American control.
- Nicolás Maduro and his wife are in U.S. custody on Southern District of New York narco-terrorism charges, with initial court appearances in New York possible as soon as Monday.
- Democrats challenge the legality of the action without congressional authorization and warn of regional risks, while Republicans range from public support to private unease.