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Brian Mast: Let me answer some of the questions that my colleagues put up. Why did President Trump take Maduro? It was to protect…

On the recordJanuary 22, 2026
Let me answer some of the questions that my colleagues put up. Why did President Trump take Maduro? It was to protect the homeland of the United States of America, as he has done with action after action after action. It is the same reason that two Presidents put a warrant, a bounty, on Nicolas Maduro--not just President Trump, but also President Biden. That is why Nicolas Maduro was snatched up, because of his poisoning of the people of the United States of America. Again, something can be true and also be true about another action and another action and another action. It was because of the bounty. It was because of the warrant. It was because of the drugs that he was bringing to the United States of America. It was because of his partnership with China, Iran, and Russia, to be their foothold in the Western Hemisphere for their nefarious activities. It was because of the illegal shipments of oil that they were moving on Russian ships to China that were coming out of Venezuela. It was because of a lot of things that this took place. Does the President have a plan for the future? He does, 100 percent: free and fair elections, freedom for the people of Venezuela. Ask the people of Venezuela if that is what they want. Ask the people of Venezuela if they are better today than they were before President Trump snatched up Maduro. They will tell you they are.
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Brian Mast
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the actions taken against Nicolas Maduro and U.S. foreign policy in Venezuela.

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