Hi, it's Saturday. It's the Saturday show, one from the vault and one from the week.

And early this week, Monday, I talked a lot about Donald Trump, his mindset, what the

decapitation strike on the Venezuelan regime means. And I do think that we have no plan. I don't think he ever

thinks about second or third order effects, but I was trying to focus. That's what I like to do,

by the way, in spiel's when there's a huge item in the news and there's many different slices you

could take from it. I like to hone in on one that maybe has been under explored. And there's just a

tendency I see. You'll hear it in the spiel. Just because Donald Trump's a liar doesn't mean he's wrong. But I do have to say, I think he's, if not wrong, I don't see how this plan really goes well. I think I have figured out, and I've talked about this and some of the other appearances I've done this week.

I talked about it with Chris Saliza.

That was a pretty good substack live. figured out, and I've talked about this and some of the other appearances I've done this week.

I talked about it with Chris Saliza.

That was a pretty good Substack Live that you could check out if you go to Mike Peska.substack.com. But I do think that he thinks that he'll be getting some oil while working with the corrupt

dictators of Venezuela, who, Delci Rodriguez, who was once the vice president.

But I've articulated this in a few places.

I don't see how Delsey Rodriguez corrupt dictatorship who gives Donald Trump what he wants.

I don't see how that possibly squares with.

I'm not even talking about anything abstract, but how that possibly squares with what will

become the pressure to get a real democracy in Venezuela, and not just from Donald Trump's

perspectives where he doesn't have to follow international law, not just from the human

rights community, not just from the specific person of

Maria Carina Machado, but from the constituencies in America who clamored for this change,

who support Marco Rubio from Marco Rubio himself.

Again, to go all the way back to the spiel I'm going to give you. It is true. We often criticize

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