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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 2340 - MASTERSTROKE: Trump’s Venezuela Coup Ends The Iraq Syndrome

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

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4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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We examine the latest on President Trump’s ouster of Nicolas Maduro and examine what comes next; we discuss the sea change Trump has effectuated in American foreign policy; and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has dropped out of his gubernatorial race. Ep. 2340 - - - Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://bit.ly/3WDjgHE - - - Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings - - - Today's Sponsor: ZipRecruiter - Try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE: https://ZipRecruiter.com/DAILYWIRE - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe Friendly Fire is here! No moderator, no safe words. Now available at: https://www.dailywire.com/show/friendly-fire Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://bit.ly/3TAu2cw - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53  Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ  Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd  Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

President Trump totally upends geopolitics.

0:02.4

With the arrest and extradition of Nicholas Maduro, we examine what that means, is the

0:07.5

Iraq syndrome finally dead.

0:09.2

Plus, Tim Walls is out as the third term possibility for governor in Minnesota.

0:14.1

Plus, a trans-identifying person possibly breaks into J.D. Vance's house in Cincinnati.

0:20.5

First, everything the Daily Wire has to offer is now available in one app. Download. The new DailyWare Plus app, take the entire show with you wherever you are. Inside the app, tap follow under my picture. You'll get notified the moment I go live or a new episode drops. Step away at any point. Come back exactly where you left off. You can watch the clips everyone is arguing about online without subjecting yourself to social media. The DailyWire Plus app is where the community lives, chatting live during shows, sharing ideas, debating the big questions, and because it's ours, it can't be canceled, censored, or shut down. Download the new Daily Wire Plus app right now on iOS Android, Roku, Samsung, and more. Well, yesterday, Nicholas Maduro, the erstwhile dictator of Venezuela,

0:55.9

who of course was extradited by the United States in a snatch and grab operation shocking

1:01.1

in its magnitude and competence appeared in U.S. court for the very first time. Again,

1:07.2

unthinkable one week ago, and yet here we now are. According to the Wall Street Journal, he pled guilty to narco-trafficking charges during his arraignment in federal court. He said, I am innocent, I'm not guilty, I'm a decent man. I'm still the president of my country. Well, all of those things are not true. He is in fact guilty. He is in fact not a decent man. And he's responsible for the deaths of probably hundreds of thousands of his own compatriots, the exile of millions. I'm still the president of my country. He really is not. He adds that he was a prisoner of war and had been kidnapped from his home in Caracas. According to the Wall Street Journal, Monday's hearing kicked off a legal battle with little precedence over a foreign leader in U.S. court. The arrest of a head of state presents

1:46.8

challenges for both the prosecutors and the defense, and it could be years before this thing

1:51.6

goes to trial. The judge interjected and told him that there would be a time in place to make

1:56.5

the argument that he was wrongfully apprehended. His wife sat at the same defense table.

2:02.3

Apparently,

2:07.3

there were some signs of injury sustained during her capture. And again, the charges include cocaine importation, conspiracy, and possession of machine guns there being detained at a Brooklyn

2:11.9

federal jail, apparently to the great consternation of New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani,

2:16.9

who really should be happier

2:18.0

about all of this after all. We just provided an illegal immigrant, Venezuelan drug dealer,

2:23.0

with free housing in New York. So he really should be quite happy about all of this.

2:27.8

The next hearing is set for March 17th. Meanwhile, what is going on over in Venezuela?

2:33.4

Well, you have the vice president of Venezuela,

2:37.5

a woman named Delci Rodriguez, who is by all accounts just as vicious, brutal, and Machiavellian

2:42.8

as Nicolas Maduro. She has been left in charge. Her brother is the head of the Venezuelan

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