Dateline:      InTheDitchVille, January 4, 2026

In grabbing Maduro, Trump’s guys executed a focused extraction of a thug under Federal indictment for killing millions of Americans through his drug operations. He is an illegitimate dictator who, supported by the military, refused to cede power after his last election loss.

The extraction was similar, but not identical, to the 1990 seizure of Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian Dictator whose drug cartel made him wealthy. The difference is that it took several days of fighting to snatch Noriega. Maduro was taken immediately. Maduro’s VP remains in Venezuela.

The opposition in Venezuela is demanding installation of Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as President. Gonzalez was the actual winner of the last election. The VP is currently in power. It remains to be seen what position the Venezuelan military will take. There is some speculation that the Generals will attempt to seize control themselves.

Venezuelans worldwide are celebrating in the streets. The prospect of democracy in their homeland gives them a joy that cannot be suppressed. This joy is echoed by all Americans who are tired of our citizens being victimized by foreign drug lords.

Russia, China and Iran have condemned the action. No one cares. Every air breather knows that autocrats oppose democracies. Our Democratic Party immediately joined in the condemnation. It’s singing from the same hymn book as tyrants. That isn’t as much of a head scratcher as it should be. The Dems hate Trump with a passion that surpasses understanding. Everything he does is wrong and must be distorted and denounced.

In taking Maduro, Dems claim that Trump declared war and launched a large-scale military operation in violation of the Constitution. He should be impeached and/or shackled by Congress to act only as it sees fit. In reality, there was no war and no large-scale anything. It was a limited operation to arrest a vile criminal offender.

The Dems are a Party lost in the noise of its own babbling.