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Trump Plans Land Operations Against Alleged Venezuelan Drug Trade 'Soon'
Is Trump protecting Americans from Maduro's narco-regime, or manufacturing a crisis to justify a regime change?
Above: U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a call with U.S. service members from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Thanksgiving Day on Nov. 27, 2025. Image credit: Pete Marovich/Getty Images
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Pro-Trump narrative
Trump's decisive action against Venezuelan drug traffickers is saving American lives, with sea-based smuggling already down 85% and land operations set to begin soon. The administration is rightfully targeting Maduro's narco-terrorist regime that floods the U.S. with deadly poisons killing hundreds of thousands annually. This necessary military campaign protects Americans from a dictator who denies his obvious links to cartels while his networks continue poisoning communities across the nation.
Anti-Trump narrative
This manufactured crisis has nothing to do with fentanyl, which comes from Mexico and China, not Venezuela, making the entire justification for 90 extrajudicial executions a transparent lie. Trump is deploying massive military force to overthrow Maduro and seize Venezuela's oil reserves while designating a cartel that experts say doesn't even exist as terrorists. The real goal is regime change dressed up as drug enforcement, with most Americans opposing this reckless march toward war.
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