🚨WAR: Trump Says The US Will 'Run' Venezuela And Will Pillage Its Oil Resources After Maduro Was Kidnapped. Hegseth Says He 'Effed Around And He Found Out,' Says This Is 'America First'
The standing Vice President of Venezuela says the attack "undoubtedly has a Zionist tinge," and will resist Trump's mandates and will choose their own leader.
Three days into the new year, President Donald Trump and the military industrial complex finally, after many months of posturing that an invasion was imminent, launched a direct attack against Venezuela, and successfully captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and has taken them back to the United States to be charged.
After infamously calling saying he wanted to be remembered as the “peacemaker” during his Inauguration speech in 2025, Trump was recently asked what his New Years resolution was. He replied, “peace on earth.”
‘War is peace, peace is war.’
The media machine is already explaining why this illegal attack did not require Congressional approval.
The strikes occurred late last night, notably after the markets closed; a trend that is all too familiar in the U.S., allowing traders (traitors) to position themselves in advance and let the market settle from getting jolted too heavily. The racketeersists will make out handsomely again, as they always do.
Trump said in a statement on Truth Social: “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country. This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement.”
Elon Musk, who is now back to bankrolling Republicans and is apparently on Team Trump again (their little squabble was fake, as The WinePress has pointed out repeatedly), supported the kidnapping.
Trump also posted on Truth Social clips of the strikes with the famous Vietnam-era song Fortunate Son playing over it.
The attack is dubbed “Operation Absolute Resolve.”
President Trump and some of his cabinet members held an emergency press conference to announce their plans for Venezuela; and all the malarky about “narcoterrorism” went out the window, and Trump made it clear that the U.S. is going to occupy the country and take control of its oil.
The WinePress has documented this for over the better part of a year, saying that oil is one of the main reasons for regime change and decoupling the government. There’s plenty of natural resources there too, but oil is the big prize.
Just search for my many reports on Substack, the receipts are all there.
Act Of War: Trump Announces Full Blockade Of Venezuela, Finally Admits It's About Seizing Their Oil
Trump lamented in 2023 over his administration’s failed coup attempt that would have allowed the U.S. access to Venezuela’s crude oil.
“When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over; we would have gotten to all that oil; it would have been right next door.
“But now we’re buying oil from Venezuela. So we’re making a dictator very rich. Can you believe this? Nobody can believe it.”
After today’s announcement, the U.S. will attempt another hostile takeover.
You can read/download the transcript from Trump’s press conference for all of the administration’s comments.
Trump stated in his opening remarks:
We're going to run the country until such time (5:03) as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.
“So we don't want to be involved with having somebody else get in, and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years. So we are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition. And it has to be judicious because that's what we're all about.
“We want peace, liberty, and justice for the great people of Venezuela, and that includes many from Venezuela that are now living in the United States and want to go back to their country. It's their homeland. We can't take a chance if somebody else takes over Venezuela that doesn't have the good of the Venezuelan people in mind.
“[…] So we're going to stay until such time as... We're going to run it, essentially, until such time as a proper transition can take place.
Then Trump addressed the oil.
“As everyone knows, the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust, for a long period of time. They were pumping almost nothing by comparison to what they could have been pumping and what could have taken place.
“We're going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so. So we were prepared to do a second wave if we needed to do so.
“[…] Massive oil infrastructure was taken like we were babies, and we didn’t do anything about it. I would have done something about it.”
Trump, once again, referenced the Monroe Doctrine and said this latest act is part of the “Donro Document.”
“The Monroe Doctrine is a big deal, but we’ve superseded it by a lot, by a real lot. They now call it the Donroe Document. I don’t know. It’s a Monroe Doctrine. We sort of forgot about it. It was very important, but we forgot about it. We don’t forget about it anymore. Under our new national security strategy, American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.”
War Secretary Pete Hegseth lauded the operation and boasted that this is the introduction to 2026 and is America First.
“America can project our will anywhere, anytime. The coordination, the stealth, the lethality, the precision, the very long arm of American justice, all on full display in the middle of the night. Nicolas Maduro had his chance, just like Iran had their chance, until they didn't and until he didn't.
“He F'd around, and he found out. President Trump is deadly serious about stopping the flow of gangs and violence to our country, deadly serious about stopping the flow of drugs and poison to our people, deadly serious about getting back the oil that was stolen from us, and deadly serious about reestablishing American deterrence and dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
“This is about the safety, security, freedom, and prosperity of the American people. This is America first. This is peace through strength, and the United States War Department is proud to help deliver it. Welcome to 2026, and under President Trump, America is back.”
When it came time for the Q&A, Trump reiterated that Venezuela will be “run properly” and rebuilt by U.S. oil companies.
“We're going to be running it with a group and we're going to make sure it's run properly. We're going to rebuild the oil infrastructure, which will cost billions of dollars. It'll be paid for by the oil companies directly. They will be reimbursed for what they're doing, but that's going to be paid and we're going to get the oil flowing the way it should be.
“The oil companies are going to go in. They're going to spend money. They're going to, we're going to take back the oil that frankly we should have taken back a long time ago. A lot of money is coming out of the ground. We're going to get reimbursed for all of that. We're going to get reimbursed for everything that we spend.”
He went on to say that the administration is “not afraid” to maintain boots on the ground to maintain the peace.
Trump also noted that he does think that opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado will be the next puppet leader of Venezuela, saying she does not have the support. “I think it would be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support within or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman, but she doesn't have the respect.”
Machado, as documented by The WP in a number of reports, has been a proxy for the U.S. since the Bush administration in an attempt to decouple the nation. Machado is a close ally of the current administration and has repeatedly promised that she will help secure oil deals for the administration and Trump’s children.
SEE:
Oil Wars: US Seizes Venezuelan Oil Vessel As Opposition Leader Machado Says Freedom Is ‘Coming Soon’
Trump’s comment is correct that Machado is not popular enough, but it is fascinating that the U.S. was propping her up so much only to not hand her the job when it seemed that she would become Venezuela’s next de-facto President.
Nevertheless, she was ready to brag about the regime change and to take it over.
Now, there is a rather interesting wrinkle in this.
Machado, regardless of whether she becomes the next President or is another puppet is put there, recently bragged that under new leadership the Venezuelan embassy in Israel would be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Israeli-based publication Israel Hayom says she will help restore relations with Israel after Venezuela had become anti-Zionist under Maduro.
“Certainly. Venezuela will be Israel’s closest ally in Latin America,” she said. “We rely on Israel’s support in dismantling Maduro’s crime regime and in the transition to democracy. Together we’ll lead a global struggle against crime and terror. The Venezuelan people deeply admire Israel and will always defend its right to live in peace without threat to its existence.”
Though there have been mixed messages, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez in a statement after she was sworn in as president, said the U.S. attack felt like a “Zionist tinge.”
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said that this regime change will make Israel safer.
Lastly worth noting, Nat Rothschild was very quick to congratulate Trump on the capture.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
We knew this day was coming and it finally came. But the way it was done, the excuses being made, how it is going to be run… absolutely incredible of epic proportions.
Of course, we the American tax cattle will get to fully fund this hostile takeover, the latest war and conflict to insure that the right puppet government is put in charge, and that the oil and natural resources go unmolested. Anything to divide, distract, and vastly increase the debt, it will be done.
Keep in mind that this is just one war Trump has now launched: he’s been out there threatening everyone in recent days: Iran, Nigeria, security guarantees for Ukraine, threats against Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Canada, Greenland. It’s absurd, but we knew this coming into this year as we talked about it repeatedly. Happy New Year.
Luke 21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. [10] Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: [11] And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Right now the airwaves and social media headlines are nothing but pure propaganda, ‘oh, look how great this is, God bless Trump for liberating Venezuela.’ Do I support Maduro? No. But here we go again, repeating the same thing that occurred with Vietnam and our incursions in the Middle East.
Proverbs 26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Here is one broadcast filmed at a gas station celebrating Maduro’s kidnapping.
There is no question plenty in Venezuela hated him, but once again this familiar taste of poison is here again just as we saw under Bush and Obama. Take it from a Rtr. Army Green Beret Special Forces Operator:
And, of course, our ‘greatest ally in the Middle East’ wanted the pro-Palestinian leader removed, and so they got their wish again as always. This is what “peace on earth” looks like and means… More on this in future reports…
Nothing new under the sun.
Two-time Medal of Honor recipient and Major General Smedley Butler famously said:
“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.”
But don’t worry everyone, we’re the ‘good guys’ spreading freedom and democracy abroad, setting the captives free and opening the world up to our fair and just constitutional republic (sarcasm).
Psalm 140:1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; [2] Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. [3] They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
The thing to watch out for now is the obvious blowback we get from Latin and South America, and those dwelling inside the country, legally and illegally. And what will BRICS members do? Venezuela is a member of BRICS, and this will only accelerate World War III…
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On one of his missionary journeys, the apostle Paul visited Athens, Greece, where he said he witnessed “the city wholly given to idolatry,” and who were “too superstitious” and worshipped a plurality of gods and deities, though the people acknowledged that there was still one God above all that was a mystery to them. When questioned by the philosophers …
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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I apologize if this report is a little disjointed.
Something came up in my life that is going to divide my attention for a while, and unfortunately that might result in infrequent posting and not posts that are not as thorough that I like to make. I would like to ask for your prayers, thank you.
I have a question to ask, how come President Trump never arrested Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Obama, and Dr Fauci? I know it is a stupid question. Just saying. My opinion I think Trump wanted to show the world that he, Trump has/had a gut to busted Venezuela leader. Oil is/ was a part of agenda US government wanted. Keep in mind US government will never drilled our oil of our land. Did you know that US have more oil than the Middle East and Saudi Arabia? I was shocked. Now we're in 2026, we will have economy collapse this year, don't take my word for it. Think about it, we grabbed the oil. It only benefits for the USA, (Deep State/elite) not American people. Power.