PDB Special Report | January 3, 2026: The Fall of Maduro: Inside the U.S. Operation That Toppled Venezuela’s Dictator

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In this Special Edition of The President’s Daily Brief: The world wakes up to stunning news as the United States captures Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro following a sweeping U.S. military operation deep inside Caracas. We break down Operation Absolute Resolve, including how U.S. intelligence tracked Maduro for months, the scale of the air campaign, and the special forces raid that led to his capture. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President’s Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.6	It's Saturday the 3rd of January.
0:41.8	Welcome to the special edition of the President's Daily Brief.
0:45.1	I'm Mike Baker.
0:46.0	Your eyes and ears on the world stage.
0:48.1	And what a stage it is.
0:50.6	Well, the world woke up to some genuinely studying news this morning,
0:53.9	as President Trump announced that Nicholas Maduro, the longtime woke up to some genuinely studying news this morning as President Trump announced
0:55.5	that Nicholas Maduro, the longtime strongman ruler, of course, of Venezuela, has been captured,
1:00.9	along with his wife following U.S. military strikes on key Venezuelan military facilities in
1:06.2	and around Caracas. This marks one of the most extraordinary moments in modern U.S. foreign policy in recent
1:12.4	memory, the removal of a sitting head of state through direct American military action. It harkens
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