Trump has a massive target on his back. There are many out there who wish to harm him.
And a foreign nation makes a deadly threat to Trump with these disturbing actions.
Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, is extending an olive branch to President Donald Trump through a begging for talks to cut through the lies and chaos swirling around his regime. As tensions boil over between the U.S. and this narco-state, Maduro claims he’s ready for straight talk, but his actions scream anything but peace.
Vice President Delcy Rodríguez dropped the bombshell on Sunday, sharing the letter’s details and even posting copies in English and Spanish on her Telegram channel. Dated September 5 and handed off to some shadowy South American go-between the next day, this message was meant to land right in Trump’s hands, dodging the usual diplomatic channels.
In the letter, Maduro insists he’s “open for a direct and frank conversation” with Trump’s Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions, Richard Grenell, to sidestep all the “media noise and fake news” poisoning the well. He attaches maps and stats, supposedly backed by global watchdogs, to paint Venezuela as a squeaky-clean haven untouched by crime or smuggling.
Addressing Trump as “Respected President Donald Trump,” Maduro whines about the barrage of “fake news” hitting his country, like the flap over refusing deported migrants—a dust-up he says got sorted in a chat with Grenell. It’s all part of a bigger smear job, he argues, designed to drag the region into needless bloodshed.
“In recent weeks, the false accusations of links with mafias and drug trafficking gangs by high-ranking Venezuelan authorities have dominated the news. This is the most egregious instance of disinformation against our nation, intended to justify an escalation to armed conflict that would inflict catastrophic damage across the entire continent,” the letter states.
Maduro boasts about a deep dive discussion with “Special Envoy Rick Grenell” on these hot-button topics. To back his case, he’s tossing in hard numbers on South America’s drug scene, swearing Venezuela stays out of the muck thanks to his cops and soldiers busting their tails for years.
Pulling from what he calls U.N. sources, Maduro declares that “only 5 percent” of Colombia’s drug haul even tries sneaking through Venezuela. He brags that “all drugs seized” on the border get crushed, and this year alone, “more than 70 percent” of tiny shipments crossing over have been wiped out—proof, he says, of Venezuela’s spotless anti-drug scorecard.
“President, I hope that together we can defeat the falsehoods that have sullied our relationship, which must be historic and peaceful, as always envisioned by our Liberator, Simón Bolívar,” Maduro stated, tipping his hat to Trump’s work winding down fights elsewhere on the globe.
But while Maduro pens these flowery words, his regime ramps up war games back home, prepping for what they fantasize as an American strike. They’ve been hyping U.S. Navy ships patrolling Caribbean waters—real ops against cartels—as some covert invasion plot to topple their boss.
For years, Uncle Sam has pegged Maduro as the kingpin of the Cartel of the Suns, a cocaine empire run by his top cronies. He’s got narco-terrorism raps hanging over him, with a cool $50 million reward dangling for anyone who helps bag him. Yet here he is, playing the victim.
Just days ago, Maduro commanded his brass to school everyday folks in gunplay over the weekend, turning civilians into makeshift soldiers against phantom U.S. invaders. Social media lit up with clips of these drills, including one where a member of the military tells a lady trainee to sight her rifle “there, where Trump is.”
Come Saturday, tanks and armored beasts rolled through Caracas streets in a blatant flex, courtesy of state TV and regime cheerleaders online. Their Instagram feed overflowed with hype videos, all to psych up the masses for the big showdown that exists only in Maduro’s paranoid dreams.
Right before Rodríguez leaked the letter, Maduro fired up a crowd of farmers at a union bash, urging them to grab rifles and stand guard if American boots hit Venezuelan soil.
“I trust the Ezequiel Zamora National Peasant Union to prepare themselves thoroughly, and thousands—I am not exaggerating when I say millions—of peasants are ready to take up arms and defend the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela if it were to be attacked by the American empire,” Maduro allegedly stated.
Even the fishermen got the call to arms, with Fisheries Minister Juan Carlos Loyo rallying them for “six maritime rallies” along the coasts to back the motherland and thumb their noses at those U.S. patrols. It’s all theater from a dictator cornered by his own failures.
This two-faced game exposes Maduro’s playbook: deny, deflect, and drill for doomsday. True patriots see through it—America’s focus on smashing cartels protects its borders, not plots coups. Time for Trump to keep the pressure on and let this socialist house of cards fold.
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