1/9/26 Tom Eddlem on the Capture of Nicolás Maduro

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Tom Eddlem returns to the show to talk about Trump’s intervention in Venezuela. He and Scott discuss the actual problems with Maduro and the big-government “Chavismo” establishment in Venezuela as well as how every attempt by the US to intervene there makes the situation worse for Venezuelans and Americans alike. Discussed on the show: “Florida Man Occupied Government vs Venezuela” (The Wayward Rabbler) Blue Collar Breakdown Thomas R. Eddlem is the William Norman Grigg Fellow at the Libertarian Institute, an economist and a freelance writer. He has written three books and holds a masters of applied economics and data scientist certification from Boston College. He lives in Taunton, Massachusetts with his wife Cathy and family. Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/47jMtg7 (The audiobook of Provoked is being published in sections at https://scotthortonshow.com) Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism: https://amzn.to/3tgMCdw Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://amzn.to/3HRufs0 Follow Scott on X @scotthortonshow And check out Scott’s full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Incorporated https://rrbi.co Moon Does Artisan Coffee https://scotthorton.org/coffee; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616 and Dissident Media https://dissidentmedia.com You can also support Scott’s work by making a one-time or recurring donation at https://scotthorton.org/donate/https://scotthortonshow.com or https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen of the press have been less than honest, reporting to the American people what's going on in this country?
0:11.0	Because the babies are making this.
0:13.0	We're dealing with Hitler Revisited.
0:15.0	This is the Scott Horton Show, Libertarian Foreign Policy, mostly.
0:21.7	When the president doesn't, that means that it is not a legal.
0:24.5	We're going to take out seven countries in five years.
0:27.0	They don't know what the fuck they're doing.
0:29.3	Negotiate now.
0:31.4	End this war.
0:33.5	And now, here's your host, Scott Horton.
0:39.1	All right, guys, introducing Tom Edlam from the Libertarian Institute, great writer of ours.
0:46.2	Welcome back. How are you doing, Tom?
0:48.3	Hey, Hank. Thanks for having me back, Scott. I'm doing great.
0:51.7	Great. Good to have you here. So the reason I had you on today was I remember years ago, I interviewed a leftist.
0:58.4	It may have been Max Blumenthal.
0:59.9	It may have not.
1:01.2	But it was about one of these attempted sort of regime changes down there in Venezuela or another.
1:07.4	And I remember you emailed me and said, you know, I'd like to quibble with some of the
1:11.4	details of the history of these elections down here and this and that. And so what I like about
1:16.1	that is that obviously, you know, you come from the right and have no love for these commies whatsoever.
1:21.5	And yet I also know that you are committed non-interventionist and you're not here trying to
1:26.5	stand for regime change. But you are here trying to getventionist and you're not here trying to stand for regime change,
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