All of that came crashing down last week, however, when the second Trump administration made the bold move of capturing Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and whisking them to US soil to face drug trafficking charges.
The sudden and swift attack on Venezuela by the US on Jan 3 came as a surprise to many. This was coming from the administration of President Donald Trump, who was always eager to tout his anti-war credentials both on the campaign trail and while in office.
During his second inaugural address on Jan 20, 2025, Trump told Americans that it would be his “proudest legacy” to be a “peacemaker and unifier.”
