When you come out and when you leave the room, you'll see that we just over the last few minutes, literally shot out a, a boat, a drug carrying boat. A lot of drugs in that boat. And you'll be seeing that and you'll be reading about that [00:00:16] just happened moments ago. And there's more where that came from. We have a lot of drugs pouring into our country, coming in for a long time. And we just. These came out of Venezuela. And coming out very heavily from Venezuela. A lot of things are coming out of Venezuela. [00:00:31] So we took it out. Donald Trump confirmed earlier today that the US had carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a vessel that departed from Venezuela and allegedly was carrying drugs. [00:00:48] It is a massive escalation by the Trump administration against drug cartels. And now Venezuela is promising not to back down. So far we have very little details, but here's what we do know. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X that the vessel was being operated by [00:01:06] a designated narco terrorist organization. The secretary described the operation as a lethal strike. Rubio later told reporters he believed the drugs that were allegedly carried on the boat were probably headed toward Trinidad and Tobago [00:01:24] or some other country in the Caribbean. Are you doing things like that? Details and specifics don't necessarily matter, do they? Details on the strike, including who operated the vessel and whether it was carried out in international waters, are still unclear. [00:01:39] This escalation comes shortly after the Trump administration announced plans to boost its military presence in the waters off Venezuela to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels. Seven US warships, along with one nuclear powered fast attack submarine, are either [00:01:57] in the southern Caribbean region already or are expected to be there soon. The US has not signaled any planned land incursion by the thousands of personnel being deployed. Still, President Nicolas Maduro's government has responded by deploying [00:02:12] troops along Venezuela's coast and border with neighboring Colombia, as well as by urging Venezuelans to enlist in a civilian militia. Maduro on Monday told reporters he would constitutionally declare a republic in arms if his country was attacked by US forces to the Caribbean. [00:02:31] I just want to point out this also just broke minutes ago. Axios is reporting that the US killed 11 narco terrorists in this strike. What do you make of this? Yeah, this is the Israel ification of our foreign policy and it is disastrous. [00:02:48] So let's break it down. First of all, if it turns out that they're in, waters that belong to Venezuela, that is an act of war against Venezuela. Now, you can say, we don't care. We're above the law. [00:03:03] Well, that's exactly what I mean by the Israel ification of American foreign policy. So what does Israel do? Anyone they don't like, they label a terrorist. That's step one. Step two is they murder them. Step three is they say we're above the law. We don't have to follow any international law at all. [00:03:19] That's your territorial waters, I don't care. That's your citizens, I don't care. I get to murder anyone I like unilaterally. Okay, so that's a disaster for law and order. And yes, international law and order makes a difference because at some point, someone's going to retaliate. [00:03:35] And I know in the case of Israel, they want that because the minute anyone fights back they go, that's it. We knew it. They're all terrorists. Now we bomb the hell out of them and take their land on top. Here. We have no aspirations to take Venezuelan land. It doesn't make any sense. That's not the direction we're going. [00:03:51] And, yeah, in in the Middle East, Israel is so militarily dominant while pretending to be the victim that there's usually very little blowback because they've destroyed the militaries of almost all the nations in the Middle East. But in the rest of the world, militaries exist. [00:04:06] And by the way, unexpected events exist. So I remember I'm old enough to remember when we were the show was old enough that it was on the air, before the Iraq war. And everybody told us the Iraq war was going to be a cakewalk. We're going to win it easily. And we said note of caution. Sometimes it doesn't work that way. [00:04:22] Same thing for our expedition in Afghanistan, whatever the hell that was. And did we win those easily? No, we did not. So just willy nilly starting wars technically or otherwise, against other countries because we can, because we're big and strong is not a [00:04:38] great idea, especially when they hit back. And then at some point, someone's going to hit back. And when they do, America is going to be told that they're terrorists and that we had nothing to do with starting it. And oh my God, I don't know why, but the Venezuelans hate us for our freedom, right? [00:04:54] So what happened to the peace president? What happened to the Nobel Peace Prize. No war as far as the eye can see. So, one more factor that you might not know, which is that we apparently have a $50 million bounty on Maduro's head. [00:05:11] Another Israeli vacation, thing. Oh, we don't like this foreign leader. I don't like Maduro either. I don't want to kill him for that. That's not within our purview and not something that would help America. But America is like, yeah, we don't like him. [00:05:26] So here, anybody who murders him gets $50 million. What is this? This is like when Israel over the weekend, they're like, oh, the Houthis are the de facto leaders of Yemen. Who cares? Murder them all. And they murdered their prime minister and their entire cabinet. And their main response is, well, technically they weren't [00:05:43] the the ruling government. Technically, there's some randos in the that have been pushed out almost completely out of the country that we're calling the real government. So we get to kill all these people. Why? Because we call them terrorists. So now the last possibility is that it is not in Venezuelan waters, [00:05:59] it's in international waters. So is there a protocol for international waters? Yes, there is, even if it's a neutral ship, if it's a foreign government ship, then you're obviously again, it's an act of war. If it's a neutral ship. So presumably a ship would be a neutral ship, right? We're taking their word for it that they had drug. [00:06:16] Lots of it. But by the way, how are we going to confirm? We can't because it's in the bottom of the ocean. And where was it going? And was it even headed to America? Well, according to Marco Rubio, as Jordan just told you, we didn't even know where it was going. Maybe it wasn't headed to America at all. [00:06:32] And it was also a ship goes from Venezuela to Trinidad, and we just get to kill everyone on board. No, that's not how the law works. So even if you hate the what? The scourge of drugs in America, that makes sense. You should hate the scourge of drugs. That doesn't mean killing these people on a boat makes any sense. [00:06:51] Anyway, so what's supposed to be the rule? At a bare minimum, if you think they're carrying contraband, you're supposed to say, we're going to board you and we. And if you are holding contraband, we're going to arrest you. Not. Oh, we think you're holding contraband. We're not really sure where you're going, so we're going to kill you all. [00:07:08] So this is deeply troubling, terrible precedent, and I think it will lead to disaster. Well, Jake, I want to point out. So this is under the guise of combating drug flow. Now, CNN has a piece up from yesterday looking at these claims that Venezuela [00:07:27] is a drug producer, supplier, exporter. And would it shock you if that data didn't substantiate Trump's claims? So what is the major drug coming from that region? It's it's cocaine. [00:07:42] Coca plants do not typically grow in Venezuela. 84%, according to this study comes from Colombia. So doesn't really seem to add up based on where we know drugs come from in that region. [00:07:59] I mean, it could be. But if that's really what this is about, why aren't you zeroing in on Colombia? Which leads me to the conclusion. Based on the US's posture toward Venezuela over the last few decades, that this isn't this is not about drugs. This is about oil and toppling the regime in Venezuela. [00:08:18] They've openly sought people on the right, and some on the left have openly supported regime change. A changing of the guard trying to install an unelected US allied figure as president in Venezuela. They're unhappy with the results of the election. [00:08:36] People called that into question. The integrity of Maduro's most recent election. It certainly looks a little fishier than some of his prior elections, but for me, this is all about oil. Venezuela is a major oil producer, not a cocaine producer. [00:08:52] And that's what I think this is ultimately about. Yeah. So I totally agree with you and so do our members. Winter scoop wrote in on Titcomb saying Trump wants Venezuelan oil. So yeah, you. And it makes sense. [00:09:08] That's that's exactly what the situation in Venezuela is. And guys, further Israeli vacation, provoke your enemy by doing something obviously illegal and attacking them and then claim to be the victim so that you can start a larger war. [00:09:23] Because the oil. It's not about America, by the way, guys, you have to understand this. And mainstream media never, ever clarifies this. Even if we were to topple Venezuelan government like we did with Iraq, we do not get their oil. The only thing that happens is not even just quote unquote American companies. [00:09:41] But by the way, there is no such thing. They're all international companies. All the oil companies across the world will then, use the new puppet government we install in Venezuela for them to buy the oil cheaper. So this is all in service of not just American but international oil companies. [00:10:02] We gain nothing from it as the American taxpayer. Nothing at all. So the whole thing is a misdirection to begin with, to try to provoke Venezuela so we can topple them and basically steal their oil on behalf of oil companies. Oh, you're going to be shocked to find out. [00:10:19] One of the top donors to Trump in the campaign was the oil companies and drill baby drill. And they have $35 billion in subsidies. And Trump added another $18 billion in subsidies. And like he is helping Israel start wars because they're donors to his campaigns. [00:10:36] At least Israeli supporters like the Adelson family. Now he's helping the oil companies start wars so that they could get richer. And this is from the so-called peace president. Stop the wars. What a colossal joke that was. Every time you ring the bell below, an angel gets his wings. [00:10:54] Totally not true. But it does keep you updated on our live shows.