138. Has Trump’s War on Venezuela Already Begun?

The Rest Is Politics: US

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🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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What is Trump’s real endgame in Venezuela? Will Trump’s Venezuela escalation backfire politically at home? Are the cracks beginning to show in the GOP’s foreign policy unity? This week Katty Kay is joined by former lieutenant Governor of Maryland, chair of the Republican National Committee, and host of MS Now's The Weeknight , Michael Steele. Make someone a Founding Member this Christmas – a year of ad-free listening, members-only miniseries, a bonus members-only Q&A podcast every week, and early access to new episodes. Just go to https://tripus.supportingcast.fm/gifts And of course, you can still join for yourself at any time at therestispoliticsus.com or on apple podcasts. Instagram: ⁠⁠@RestPoliticsUS⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠@RestPoliticsUS⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠therestispoliticsus@goalhanger.com⁠⁠ Producer: Fiona Douglas, India Dunkley Video Editor: Kieron Leslie Social Producer: Charlie Johnson Senior Producer: Callum Hill Head of Digital: Sam Oakley Exec Producer: Tom Whiter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	With Christmas coming up, why not give someone a membership to the show?
0:04.4	They'll get exclusive access to bonus episodes every week, add free listening, and early access to our live show tickets too.
0:12.0	Just head to the rest of politics, US.com, and click on gifts.
0:20.0	Big question for you.
0:21.6	What kind of a Christmas shopper are you?
0:23.7	Are you the kind of person that leaves it to the last minute, or have you already got it done?
0:27.7	What do you think, Katty?
0:28.8	Obviously, you haven't even thought about anybody's Christmas present yet.
0:32.3	I'm a very busy man, and I believe in delegation, Katty.
0:35.5	Really not that busy, but I thought I would say that to make myself feel self-important.
0:38.8	If you were like Anthony and have left it to the last minute again this year, we have the perfect
0:43.7	gift idea for you.
0:45.2	Make someone that you love a founding member, Caddy.
0:49.4	Exactly.
0:50.3	It is the perfect present for the less organized among us, Mr. Scaramucci. You can schedule it now,
0:57.5	and it will land in their inbox on Christmas Day. Listen, the political obsessives, and you know
1:02.5	you have them around your dinner table, you know they're going to love this, okay? It's ad-free listening,
1:08.4	members-only miniseries, bonus episodes, Q&As, and exclusive weekly
1:15.0	newsletters for me and Katteke.
1:16.7	It's so good, I'll probably be giving it to my whole family.
1:20.7	You'll pull wife.
1:22.2	Listen, she loves the rest is politics, US.
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