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00:00Great job, Trey Gowdy. Hi, everyone. Welcome to One Nation. I'm Brian Kilmeade. We are live
00:04tonight, and coming up on the show, what a lineup, Congressman Derek Van Orden. Not only
00:08are we going to be talking about him in Washington, but what he did as a Navy SEAL and his operations
00:12in Venezuela in the past, how it relates to what we just saw over the last 48 hours.
00:17Senator Dave McCormick, he was on an operation in Panama for George H.W. Bush when he was
00:23a captain. He's going to talk about now as a sitting senator and where we go from here
00:27is a member of Armed Services and Sid Rosenberg. Why is our new mayor weighing in on foreign
00:32policy? Yeah, New York City mayor and foreign policy doesn't usually mix. But first, the
00:37fastest, most impactful monologue in America. More than 20 years, the top three national
00:43security threats, I would say, facing the United States have lingered, they've languished, and
00:48kicked down the road with half measures, flip-flopping strategies, empty threats, and bad compromises,
00:53and in my view, flimsy deals. Three chronic dangers are clear. You've got Iran's terror
00:59network and now nuclear ambitions. You've got China's threat to Taiwan sovereignty. Every
01:04administration, seemingly every day. And right here in our backyard, Venezuela's communist
01:10narco state. In less than one year, Donald Trump has confronted all three. He's done it
01:16head-on. First, he flooded Taiwan with a record 11 billion in weapons, making it crystal clear,
01:22by the way. He will not allow Beijing to roll over a free democracy. He took out Iran's nuclear
01:28program and made it clear he'll do it again if they try to rebuild. And 48 hours ago, he
01:34removed Venezuela's illegitimate corrupt strongman, a man with a massive bounty on his head. How
01:39about $40 million? He grabbed him out of his bed and he dropped it in an American prison about
01:4415 miles from here. The illegitimate dictator Maduro was the kingpin of a vast criminal network
01:51responsible for trafficking colossal amounts of deadly and illicit drugs into the United States.
01:58There's hundreds of thousands over the years of Americans died because of him. Maduro and his
02:04wife will soon face the full might of American justice and stand trial on American soil.
02:11Yep. And he's sitting in Brooklyn right now. Not a single U.S. soldier is lost. Now, listen,
02:16there might be dicey days ahead. Maybe, maybe not. But let's be honest. We have never seen anything
02:21like this. This operation so well planned, so well coordinated, so well executed. Think about it.
02:27Three long, festering foreign policy threats confronted directly. No equivocating,
02:31no weakness, no confusion. Not like Joe Biden who cut oil deals with Maduro. Not like Barack Obama
02:37who linked a disastrous deal with the Ayatollahs. And not like the past administration that would
02:42blurt out, we'll defend Taiwan, only to have the State Department walk it back and shrug and say,
02:49ignore Joe Biden. This time, there were three, there were three all crystal clear. There was clarity.
02:55From Pete Hegseth to General Cain to Marco Rubio to CIA's John Radcliffe,
02:59this team coordinated, planned, and executed. Diplomatically, militarily, strategically.
03:06This was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation. This
03:09was a law enforcement operation. He was arrested on the ground in Venezuela by FBI agents,
03:14read his rights, and removed from the country. It was well orchestrated. Our military had time
03:19to set it up. He provided the resources, and then he took that bold stroke.
03:23And they rehearsed. And yet, right on cue, critics on the left and even some of the right rushed to
03:29complain. The Trump administration's been lying to the American people. This has never been about
03:35stopping drugs from coming to the United States. Nobody asked for this because it has nothing to do
03:40with American national security. The same Washington playbook that we are so sick and tired of that
03:47doesn't serve the American people, but actually serves the big corporations, the banks, and the oil
03:53executives. So, of course, this was the military action. And pursuant to the Constitution, only
03:58Congress has the power to declare war, to authorize acts that take place in this regard.
04:07Really disappointing. Here's what they don't get about this president. He didn't get this job to
04:14manage the job. He took the job. He earned the job to actually do the job. He ran on promises,
04:19foreign and domestic. And every time he checks a box, whether it's easy or hard, his critics say,
04:24that's not how it's done. They're right. That's not how in the past it's been done,
04:29because nothing's gotten done. And that's why we look, we're looked at as weaker and weaker,
04:33even though we're actually very strong as a nation, economically and militarily. This president
04:38tries diplomacy first. He tries to get a deal done. Some deals he gets done. And when they fail,
04:44he acts. And if his critics at home still don't understand that, our enemies abroad better
04:49understand it. Because when he puts Cuba on notice, they should listen. When he warns Iran not to shoot
04:55protesters, they should pause. And when he tells Vladimir Putin he is not happy, that matters.
05:01Call me naive. But I honestly thought just this once that most Democrats would support this mission
05:07because it was right, because it protects American interests, because it helps the people suffering
05:13under tyranny in all three of these different countries. But with elections 11 months away,
05:18they just can't bring themselves to do it, apparently. My hope is this, that you understand
05:23out there what's happening, that these actions are not reckless. They are resolute, not political,
05:29but they're necessary. And for the first time in a long time, America's enemies are being forced
05:34to do something they haven't had to do in years. Facing America that is not afraid to use its
05:39military muscles when words don't work. Join me now for more on this is retired U.S. Navy SEAL
05:45who conducted counterterroristic operations in Venezuela himself. The perfect guest, Congressman
05:51Derek Van Orden. Great to see you, Congressman. Put in perspective. Yeah, put in perspective
05:57the coordination and execution of this mission. Brian, this is one of the most complicated and
06:04exquisite military operations that has ever been conducted in the history of warfare. So tying
06:10together space-based assets with naval vessels and rotary wing and fixed wing aircraft to set a corridor
06:18to get some barrel-chested freedom-fighting American badasses on time, on target in a rotary wing aircraft
06:26to seize the head of a state and arrest him and return him back to the United States without having
06:32a member of our military killed or loss of a military asset is going to go down in history.
06:37The annals of the Special Operations Forces, I mean, this is the stuff that legends are made of.
06:42So we've watched this Pentagon and this president pull off the bombing of the Houthis to the point
06:48where they finally stop going after ships. We watched them execute the bombing mission in Iran to take
06:55out their nuclear program. And then we see this. But what do they try to do? They try to pent the Pentagon
07:00in disarray that Pete Hagseth's over his head. But look at the evidence. What do you think, Congressman?
07:07This is what I think. President Donald J. Trump is the boldest president we've had certainly in my lifetime
07:12and possibly for the entire history of the United States of America. And all the people that are saying
07:17that Pete Hagseth didn't know what he was doing have just been proven to be fools. Everybody that said
07:21General Milley was an awesome chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sure as hell hadn't heard of
07:25Raising Cain yet. So you've got the three best leaders in the most important positions to defend
07:30the United States of America that we've had in the history of our country. To pull off a midnight
07:36hammer in Iran, which everybody said they want to do forever, it took President Trump's bold,
07:40decisive leadership. And then it took the skills of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff being led
07:44by the Secretary of War, Pete Hagseth. I mean, this is the dream team to protect the United States of
07:50America. This is America first. This is peace through strength. So you know Venezuela. What's
07:56it like? What was it like in the 90s when you were there? What is it like now? Oh my gosh.
08:01Well, we were doing counter-narcotics operations, not counter-terrorism operations to be super clear.
08:05Caracas was, it was absolutely beautiful. It was like Manhattan after Giuliani cleaned that place up.
08:10And then we spent a month or so going up and down the Oronoka River and all over through the jungle.
08:15It's very, very harsh terrain. It is. But if you look at Venezuela now, they're eating their pets.
08:23And they're sitting on the highest oil reserve in the entire planet. And they can't seem to have bread
08:28in their stores. It is the classic example that socialism does not work. And the communist regime
08:34that was led by Maduro, after he took over from Hugo Chavez, has driven that country into the dirt.
08:42And it's time for a change. The Venezuelan people are celebrating the streets right now
08:46because they didn't want to live under the tyranny of the Maduro communist regime.
08:50So it looks like at least 40 Venezuelans were killed. They could have been Cubans because those
08:55are the ones protecting Maduro. We had about six of our guys injured and all seemed to be fine.
09:01Talked to somebody who was intimately involved a short time ago. Critics are firing back at the
09:05operation. They're saying people like you should have been briefed ahead of time. Democrats are crying
09:09about it. Should the should you have been briefed? Should we have debated this on the Senate and House
09:14floor? Brian, the only thing leakier than Congress is a sieve. So absolutely not. We have folks in
09:22the opposition party, which is the Democrat Party, that would be willing to compromise the military
09:26operation because they disagree with the policy or they just want to get on social media or on the
09:32Sunday talk shows and say how they stopped this horrible thing from happening. Well, it's not a horrible
09:36thing. It's a fantastic thing. And, you know, God forbid that more people in four years, excuse me,
09:41God forbid that people got killed on the ground. But these folks are responsible for killing over
09:4550,000 Americans a year through drug overdoses. More people have died from drug overdoses in the
09:50United States of America than all of the casualties that we've sustained in every war from the
09:55Revolutionary War up to Syria. So, you know, I'm very sorry. I am truly sorry. People were killed on the
10:00ground. But you know what? They've been murdering Americans through poisoning
10:03with illicit drugs for decades. So Iran's complaining that they're owed a billion dollars,
10:10that they have their teams out there trying to repair their oil industry.
10:14They think they're out of luck. Are they out of luck, Congressman?
10:19Yeah. In fact, they are out of luck. So listen, Venezuela nationalized the oil industry in 1976.
10:27Where did that money go? Did they give the American companies fair compensation? I don't think so.
10:31So Iran, I'm sorry. You've been getting this illicit oil for decades now to help fund terrorism. And
10:38Russia's been helping Iran also get this stuff through. So the time for this is over. I don't
10:45see President Donald J. Trump scratching a check for a billion dollars to the mullahs in Iran. I just
10:50don't. Yeah. They got a different message. Don't shoot their people who are rising up. The 86-year-old,
10:56the Grand Atoll, his health is suffering and his government suffering. Hopefully,
10:59we turn the page on that soon, too. Congressman Derek Van Orden,
11:03love your analysis. Thanks so much for joining us today.
11:05Well, you're welcome and happy New Year, Brian.
11:08Same to you. Meanwhile, the capture of Venezuelan President Maduro,
11:12echoing for many the U.S. invasion of Panama, they removed military strongmen Manuel Noriega.
11:17When it comes to scale, though, they couldn't be more different. You got more than 25,000 U.S.
11:22military members were involved in that effort in Panama. 23 of our troops were killed,
11:26over 300 were wounded. And by the way, it took 10 days to capture Noriega.
11:30No one called that mission a failure and said, why are we doing this?
11:34So why is the flawless operation that we just witnessed getting so much criticism?
11:39Joining us now is a man that knows a lot about the military, graduated from West Point,
11:43was a captain and part of that operation in the operation in Panama to remove that brutal dictator,
11:49Senator Dave McCormick, as a member of armed services. Senator,
11:53how do you feel today about the way our guys operated?
11:59Well, it was a great day for the Venezuelan people. It was a great day for our military. What
12:04an incredible, as the congressman said, an incredible operation that was executed with great
12:10competence, great lethality. And what a great day for the president, who demonstrated once again
12:16that he's going to fight for America's interests. And Venezuela under Maduro was killing Americans,
12:23killing Pennsylvania, a major transshipment center. 4,000 Pennsylvanians died last year from drug
12:28overdoses. Venezuela is part of the reason for that and was also a host to Iran and China and Russia,
12:35many of our adversaries, where they could essentially launch terrorist kinds of activities
12:40on American soil. So this was a fight for America's interest and the president and the team and the
12:45military executed it brilliantly. So I looked at the 25-page indictment,
12:48it's pretty damning, it's a really strong case. They say it's very similar to Noriega.
12:54I can't believe, can you compare and contrast the way both operations were handled, President H.W.
13:00Bush as opposed to President Trump, since you were on the ground then, you know, part of the 82nd
13:05Airborne. And now we're witnessing people in play of politics on the Sunday shows today.
13:12Well, let me clarify. I was in the 82nd Airborne at the time, but one brigade went
13:17of the three and it wasn't mine. So I watched this play out, however. And what happened there
13:22was dramatically different and wildly successful. Noriega was an indicted criminal. He was a drug
13:29overlord, a narco-terrorist in the same way Maduro is and was. And we deployed 25,000 troops. As you
13:36said, 23 Americans lost their life. It took 10 days to secure Noriega. And the thing that was different
13:44from this moment is that there was bipartisan support. There was a Democratic majority in
13:48the House and the Senate and they applauded President Bush's action. And President Bush had
13:54moved just like President Trump did without telling the Congress in advance because of the risk
13:59to American men and women on the ground from a leak. Senator, there really is bipartisan support,
14:06if they were being honest, for this mission. It was the previous president that put a 25 million
14:11dollar bounty on his head. This president just upped it to 40. The previous president said,
14:16promise free and fair elections so we can use your oil. A dumb deal that was never executed because they
14:21thought this guy was honorable. He never was. So now that he's gone, people have seen pure politics
14:27in this. So I want to, I want you to hear from Marco Rubio as he says, what could come from this?
14:32And that is with the ouster of Maduro, guess who's out to dry? Cuba.
14:38All the guards that helped protect Maduro, this is well known, their whole spy agency,
14:42all that were full of Cubans. I mean, they basically, it's amazing. This poor
14:47island took over Venezuela in some cases. One of the biggest problems that Venezuelans have is they have
14:51to declare independence from Cuba. They tried to basically colonize it from a security standpoint.
14:54So yeah, look, if I lived in Havana and I was in the government, I'd be concerned.
14:58Well, they were getting free oil from Venezuela and they were getting discounted oil from Mexico
15:04and they're both seem to be cutting them off. Now what?
15:09Well, it's a huge pressure on Cuba, but really this is a message to all countries in the Western
15:14hemisphere and really around the world, which is number one, America has the most lethal,
15:18most incredible military capability in the world. Number two, President Trump means what he says.
15:24And if he's saying something, he's willing to act on his words. And third, if you are countering
15:31and running against America's interest with illicit drug trade, with housing our adversaries or enemies,
15:37you're at risk. And that certainly applies to Cuba in spades because Cuba has been so dependent
15:43on Venezuelan oil. By the way, Venezuela has 17 percent of the world's oil supplies,
15:49but yet only exports about one percent. So it's wildly inefficient, but a huge strategic country.
15:55And and those assets, that oil is of great importance to the Venezuelan people and to the world.
16:02So we have some critics around the world. Looks like China is deeply shocked and strongly condemns the
16:07act. Russia is demanding the release of Maduro. We got to get right on that. We don't want them unhappy.
16:11And Iran says it's a flagrant violation of the country's national sovereignty.
16:17And Brazil is upset as well. What should we do about our critics?
16:22Listen, America has to operate. And with President Trump's leadership, it is doing this
16:27in America's best interest. That is the core of American foreign policy. And what was happening in
16:33Venezuela was clearly from from an illegal tyrant, clearly against America's interest, killing kids in
16:40Pennsylvania, killing kids across our country and also housing our adversaries. So what we should
16:46say is that the United States is going to fight for its interest in the Western hemisphere and around
16:51the world under this president. And this was a great example of that capability to do so. No,
16:55no country in the world can match America's power and the moral righteousness of what's going on here.
17:01Are you comfortable with the current vice president staying in charge?
17:04Listen, the president, I think President Trump has demonstrated America's capability here. We have
17:12enormous leverage. The the the blockade of the oil puts added pressure on Venezuela. And now we'll have
17:19to wait and see. As the president and Secretary Rubio have said, let's see if those leaders now step up
17:25and do what's necessary to open up Venezuela to the Venezuela's people. Eventually there's going to have to
17:30be free and fair elections that put good leadership in place. That's our that's our hope and dream for
17:35the Venezuelan people. And America needs to help them make that transition. But we should do so with
17:40humility. We should do so with humility because the next phase that we start now is as I think likely
17:46to be tougher than than the last phase. Real quick, Senator, Tom Cotton said he was briefed along
17:51the way about the operation. Were you? I was not. I think he was briefed in his capacity as chairman of the
17:58intel committee committee, which I think is quite appropriate. I've since had exchanges with with
18:04General Cain and others to get up to speed on things. But but listen, the most important thing
18:09for a military operation like this is to protect the young men and women who are putting their lives
18:13at risk. And if you you share it with with Congress, I'm sad to say it's going to get out there and
18:18that that puts Americans at risk. So I think it was very appropriate that the Congress was briefed after
18:23the fact, not before the fact. And when this happened, one of the first person I thought we got a book is
18:27Senator Dave McCormick. Senator, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Meanwhile, straight ahead on this
18:31show, we're going to dive into the political implications for Trump and the GOP heading
18:35into the midterms. Don't move. More One Nation in just a moment, right after this.
18:40So Venezuela is at a crossroads. It's their years of political crisis. They have an economic collapse
18:44that they're in the middle of. The country faces mounting pressure for change, you think?
18:49President Trump already threatening the new interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, the former vice
18:55president says if she wants to do something right, the president says she's going to pay a very big
19:00price if she doesn't do something right, probably bigger than Maduro. So what's next on electing a
19:05new leader? And what is America's role in Venezuela's future? Let's ask these tough questions to the host
19:10of the UUH show, UUH, and Fox News contributor as well, along with distinguished senior fellow with AEI,
19:16Danielle Pletka. Danielle, let's start with you. What should what should the next steps be in Venezuela?
19:23Look, I think we need to figure out whether the vice president is listening to Donald Trump,
19:30whether she is actually going to be serious about moving the country towards free and fair elections.
19:35If she is all to the good, then mission accomplished for the United States. But that's the big test.
19:42Otherwise, she remains in a partnership with Iran, with China, with our enemies. And that's not what we
19:48want. So we need to see this and it's got to happen fast. Hugh, you think this vice president could run
19:55things because the president seems to have done a background check on her and is impressed with
19:59her economic background. President said on Air Force One today, Brian, when asked what comes next,
20:08it depends. And I think the president is being candid as usual. Two other things I would reference that
20:14have been said in the last 24 hours. Secretary Rubio said in the press conference yesterday,
20:19Donald Trump doesn't play games. And at the end of the press conference, President Trump got a little
20:23bit philosophical. He said, all of life is a deal. Right now, the question is, what deal are the
20:29remaining chavistas? And it's about 20 percent of the population. They got a lot of guns. They've got a
20:33lot of opportunity to wreak havoc. What are they willing to do in pursuit of free, fair and frequent elections,
20:39free trade, the rule of law, market based economy, production facility? How cooperative do they want
20:47to be? And I think they're looking around that very secure base with 32 dead Cubans. That's what the
20:54Cuban government announced tonight, that were supposedly the very elite security teams running
20:59Maduro. And they've got to be asking themselves, do they really want to argue with Donald Trump at this
21:04point? Or do they want to have Secretary Rubio give them some advice on how to extricate themselves
21:10out of this socialist hellhole that they built over 15 years? So Danielle, before I have you comment on
21:16that, I want you to hear what Marco Rubio said when asked, why didn't you get everybody out,
21:20the whole cabinet, interior minister, defense secretary, everybody, including the vice president.
21:25Listen to this exchange on Face the Nation.
21:27I'm confused. Are they still wanted by the United States? Why didn't you arrest them if you are
21:37taking out the narco terrorist regime? You're confused. I don't know why that's confusing to
21:43you. They're still in power. I mean, it's very simple. You're not going to go in and wrap up.
21:45You're going to, but yeah, but you can't go, you're going to go in and suck up five people.
21:50They're already complaining about this one operation. Imagine the howls we would have from
21:54everybody else if we actually had to go and stay there four days to capture four other people.
21:58We got the top priority. The number one person on the list was the guy who claimed to be the
22:04president of the country that he was not. And he was arrested along with his wife, who was also indicted.
22:09So Danielle, he kind of just made her look foolish by your question. And the interior minister evidently
22:16is a bad guy. The defense minister is a bad guy. And some people aren't impressed with the vice
22:20president. What do you think? So look, there are a lot of bad guys. On the other hand,
22:26I think Marco Rubio did, did make Margaret look a little bit foolish because he's exactly right.
22:33This was a police operation. We went in, we took out the president, the falsely claimed president who
22:39stole an election. We took out his wife who was complicit in his crimes. Yes, absolutely. There are other
22:46people in the regime in Venezuela who are people who should be under arrest, who should be indicted,
22:53but they are now faced with that choice. And I think that's exactly what Hugh laid out. You know,
22:58look, when we talk about, when we talk about transitions to democratic governance from tyranny,
23:05it's not just a simple process. And the first thing that needs to happen, and we can say this about
23:10Iran, and we can say this about Venezuela, is that the security forces need to make a decision.
23:15Who are we with? Are we with the people? Or are we with the regime? Once that decision is made in
23:23the right direction, and I think the Trump administration has laid this out to them,
23:27they've given them the option, they've said, do the right thing here, and everything will be okay.
23:33Do the wrong thing. And we continue to have options, not just against the vice president,
23:38but against the interior minister, who's so pally with the Chinese and the Iranians,
23:43as well as the defense minister, who's a completely bad guy as well.
23:46Uh, Hugh, uh, Ed, uh, Ed Mondo, go ahead.
23:51I'm just gonna say, Danny is being very kind to Margaret Brennan and all of legacy media.
23:58You began the show with Derek Van Orden, a SEAL who has operated in Venezuela. Then you went
24:03to talk to Dave McCormick, a former 82nd airborne, uh, air trooper. And
24:08the point is you started with warriors on the difficulty, the incredible complexity of this
24:12mission. And I think we begin there. Then our legacy media is asking stupid question after stupid
24:18question loaded with premises and our legislators, uh, Democrats, especially like Cory Booker.
24:24It's as though, are they stupid? Are they ignorant? Or are they hypocritical?
24:28Article two, section two, uh, line one, president of the United States as commander in chief of the
24:32army and the Navy. This was not a war. If Congress wants to cut off funding, they can,
24:36they haven't, but I really, it's almost mind boggling how dumb people have sounded.
24:42And Danny's being very generous to, uh, Margaret right there on what she said.
24:45And just on the leadership thing real quick,
24:47and I want to talk in the last minute about the implications of the midterms.
24:50Edmondo Gonzalez won the election with 70% of the vote. He says, uh, he declared on social media,
24:55I am the president of Venezuela. What do we do with him?
24:58What we should be doing is saying. I yield my time to Danny. Okay.
25:07Sorry, Hugh. Uh, look, what we ought to be doing is asking the Venezuelan people who they want. Yes,
25:12of course, he did win the last election because the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Machado,
25:16could not run because she was in hiding. What we should be doing is having free and fair elections
25:22that elevate the choice of the people. Government rests on the authority of the people. That's no
25:28different in America. It should be the way it is in Venezuela. And we should let them make that
25:32choice. That's not a choice for Marco Rubio or Donald Trump.
25:35So fresh elections, Hugh, real quick, fresh elections, you think?
25:37Uh, they don't depend on Operation Midnight Hammer or success in Venezuela. They depend upon
25:44economic growth and whether or not inflation is tamed. So while this is very good and the president
25:48goes from strength to strength, the elections depend upon the economy. And I hope it stays as
25:52strong as it did in the third quarter, 4.3% GDP growth. Danny and Hugh, I think a new team.
25:57I think Mark Thiessen has got to be very jealous because you usually do a podcast with him, Danny.
26:01Danny, thanks so much, guys. Great job. Appreciate it. Coming up, live reaction from Miami,
26:06where celebrations are flooding the streets over the capture of Nicolas Maduro. He's in Brooklyn.
26:11Keep it right here, by the way, on One Nation. You can catch me, by the way,
26:13on stage, Valentine's Day, History, Librian Laughs, streamed on Fox Nation. No,
26:18it gets confusing. Fort Myers, go to bryankilme.com. They're Reno, Nevada, on May 3.
26:36Got powerful scenes of jubilation over in Miami. Venezuelans filling the streets with chants and
26:41celebrations over the capture of Nicolas Maduro. Many saying they've lived the consequences of
26:47socialism firsthand and they're glad that he's in jail. Now it's time to bring in a person who
26:52talked to a lot of those people, the author of two FBI's, Fox News contributor, and we know our
26:57bestselling author now, Nicole Parker, an FBI agent. Nicole, you're in Miami talking to people.
27:04What's the feeling in the streets? Because I'm watching other networks.
27:08They're pointing out people upset at Donald Trump for getting rid of Maduro. What did you find?
27:12I didn't see any of that. Not at all. In Miami, Florida, particularly in Doral,
27:19all of South Florida is celebrating. It was so powerful. And I was honored to be a part of
27:24history. This is an epic moment, Brian, that these individuals have been waiting for for over 25 years.
27:31There was celebration. There was joy. There was excitement. There was hope for liberation and for
27:36freedom of their country that has been taken over. And they love President Trump.
27:42You know, it's amazing. We watched TDA breach our borders, create havoc in our cities for the last
27:46four years. I didn't see a lot of people that upset. They were upset that they were asking Mayorkas
27:51about it. And yet people want to portray it as if you looked at what happened in New York City,
27:56Chicago, Minneapolis to a degree, these organized protests that were taking place,
28:00you would think we replaced the most popular leader in the world. And that's not the case.
28:05Does it does it is it tough for you to wrap your head around?
28:09It's extremely tough for me to wrap my head around because, again, as a special agent,
28:12I was literally fighting the battle between good and evil. And it almost seems to me that there are
28:16certain Democrats, liberals and progressives that have such disdain for President Trump,
28:22they would rather see a dictator taking over Venezuela, causing hell and torture for their
28:28people. Murder, death, pain, suffering. A third of their country has been forced to leave,
28:34not because they wanted to, but because they were in fear for their lives. And to see people,
28:41Americans that are siding with this is appalling to me. It's shocking. But again, I'm seeing this
28:47pattern of this happening in our country, particularly in the last couple of years.
28:51And I truly believe that the disgust and hate for they have for President Trump,
28:55if President Trump had a cure for cancer tomorrow morning, they would come out and just say he was
29:00an awful person in that cancer, you know, that he's horrible. And how dare he cure cancer? It's
29:05illogical. It's sick. But I'll tell you, the Venezuelans, I don't see one Venezuelan
29:11complaining about what President Trump did. They are celebrating. They love him. They love Pete
29:16Hexat. They love Pam Bondi. And they are so appreciative. Yeah. Eight million have left their country.
29:20Minimum. Meanwhile, the charges that Maduro will face on Monday, he's going to be in court,
29:25I think, narco terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine
29:31guns, destructive devices, conspiracy to possess machine guns, destructive devices against the U.S.
29:37And it's about 25 pages deep. And it's extremely thorough. This is some serious charges,
29:43just like Noriega faced. Correct. I think this is a very solid indictment. Again,
29:49this is a superseding indictment. The initial indictment happened under the first Trump administration
29:53in 2020. That's important to note. But again, it's a 25 page indictment. I read through it.
29:57There are four counts. There are six individuals have been charged. And at this point, two of those
30:02individuals, Maduro and his wife have been brought to the United States. They will face their arraignment
30:07tomorrow in the Southern District of New York. And again, this is a typical criminal case. But
30:12this is not new to Americans. Like you mentioned, Noriega, we've been through something like this.
30:16But Americans can expect for this to be a lengthy trial. Many things that they will contest. There
30:21will be appeals. There will be legal challenges. But at the end of the day, I think that the evidence
30:26is mounting. Right. And I think that, you know, let the truth speak for itself. But again,
30:31what the Venezuelans have been exposed to is just horrific. It is disgusting. But frankly,
30:36thousands, tons of thousands of, you know, tons of cocaine have been brought to the United States,
30:42which is Venezuela, which I want to talk about, too, because the cocaine you think Venezuela
30:48made in Colombia traffic's through Venezuela. I got it. But if you want to stop fentanyl,
30:53you got to stop Mexico. Here's when Marco Rubio was asked about that. Excuse me,
30:58the President Trump was asked about that on Fox and Friends. Listen.
31:02The cartels are running Mexico. She's not running Mexico. The cartels are running Mexico.
31:07And we could be politically correct and be nice and say, oh, yes, she is. No, no,
31:11she's very, you know, she's very frightened of the cartels. They're running Mexico. And I've asked
31:18her numerous times, would you like us to take out the cartels? No, no, no, Mr. President. No,
31:24no, no, please. So that's President Scheinbaum. So she's going to be next. And if we're serious,
31:30Mexico has got to be dealt with. How do we deal with it?
31:33Well, I think that they're on notice. And frankly, I think that all of our foreign adversaries are
31:37on notice. And I think that they know that Trump, when he says he's going to do something,
31:40he will deliver. And he has shown that with an impeccable, perfect operation that took place.
31:47But again, keep note that Venezuela has been used as the forward base for Iran, for China,
31:53for Russia, for Cuba. Those days are over. And it's going to take some time. But again,
31:58Mexico, be on notice because you could be next. I think that the Cubans here in Miami are
32:02celebrating just as much as the Venezuelans are, because you know what they're hoping? They're
32:05hoping that their country will be next. And that is why they love this administration,
32:10because they have hope for the first time. Under the last administration, it was sanctions. It was
32:15this. It was that. Oh, please don't do that. Trump, you mess around, you will find out.
32:19Exactly. And I think if we're serious about drugs, it's got to be Mexico. And if we're serious about
32:24getting rid of communism, it's got to be Cuba. Why not both? Thanks, Nicole. Appreciate it. Nicole,
32:29appreciate your expertise. Congratulations on the success of the book. Straight ahead.
32:33Thank you. Trump facing major criticism of the Maduro capture from the likes of Zoran
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