In this live community broadcast, I break down the widening gap between what the Trump administration is saying about Venezuela and what the facts on the ground actually suggest. Triggered by a Washington Post report and a deeply incoherent press conference, this conversation cuts through the bravado, contradictions, and outright nonsense surrounding claims that the U.S. is now “running” Venezuela.
I walk through why those claims never made sense to begin with, how Marco Rubio immediately began walking them back in real time, and why both mainstream and independent media are telling very different stories about what actually happened. While the administration celebrates a so-called “flawless” operation, reports of civilian deaths, U.S. casualties, and continued power structures inside Venezuela paint a much messier — and far more dangerous — picture.
This live also zooms out to the broader pattern: an administration with no coherent plan, escalating threats against other countries in the region, and a president who confuses impulsive declarations with actual governance. Meanwhile, real issues Americans are dealing with — health care costs, inflation, and unanswered questions like the Epstein files — haven’t gone anywhere.
Bottom line: this isn’t strength or strategy. It’s chaos, smoke, mirrors, and a news cycle the administration hopes will move on before the truth fully catches up.
