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So what's actually going on in Venezuela?

Is Trump planning to topple the government there?

Will there be an invasion?

Could there be U.S. troops? Where's Maduro going to go? How the heck did we get here? I think it's time for a buck brief, for a deep dive into what's happening here. This is a great thing for you to listen to over the weekend because by the end of it, it won't be very long. It'll be a normal buck brief length, but you'll know more than 99% of the people you see on TV talking about Venezuela because these days people, you know, don't read and don't really pay very much attention. They just go on TV and blab. So what's happening? Here's what you got to understand. And I'll take you to the beginning. I'll give you everything you need to know about Venezuela for the last 15 years in about 15 minutes. How about that? You go back to the Chavez

regime. Well, Chavez comes in. He's a classic Bolivarian socialist. He says he's going to

redistribute the land and it's going to be great and there's going to be plenty for everybody as long as he's

in charge but they seize the government means of production they're wildly corrupt they're

repressive totalitarian and then maduro takes over and maduro is like a a dumber more thuggish

version of uh of Chavez.

So when you look at what's gone on, it has been an even faster descent into a socialist,

communist, communist hellscape in Venezuela than anybody could have, I think, previously imagined possible.

Well, I guess if you're a student of history, you probably saw this coming.

But here's the situation. You get this guy who comes in Maduro, and he is, he's elected,

and sure enough, he takes over the economy, and he's doing all this stuff where he's, you know,

seizing the means of production and puts price controls in place, controls in place, and he's doing all this stuff.

And it destroys the economy.

I mean, the oil sector, Venezuela, largest proven oil reserves in the world, larger than

Saudi Arabia.

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