Rep. Pat Ryan Responds to Trump’s Speech on Venezuela Attack

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🗓️ 4 January 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the instant backlash following Trump’s speech on his attack against Venezuela and Meiselas interviews Democratic Congressman Pat Ryan on his reaction to Trump’s speech. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast⁠ Legal AF: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af⁠ MissTrial: ⁠https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial⁠ The PoliticsGirl Podcast: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast⁠ Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan⁠ Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen⁠ The Weekend Show: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show⁠ Burn the Boats: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats⁠ Majority 54: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54⁠ Political Beatdown: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown⁠ On Democracy with FP Wellman: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman⁠ Uncovered: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So there's been some major fallout since Donald Trump's invasion of Venezuela.
0:04.5	We're now hearing from the acting president of Venezuela, Delci Rodriguez,
0:10.1	addressing the nation and stating, quote,
0:13.8	Venezuela will never be a colony of any nation, adding that Venezuela will only ever have one president, Nicholas Maduro.
0:23.5	I mean, she seems to be digging in her heels.
0:26.6	We'll have to see what happens there.
0:28.7	The interior minister as well, who's kind of known as the main henchman, has been videotaped,
0:36.5	you know, saying that like there's no plan to surrender to Donald
0:40.5	Trump at this point. The governors of Maduro seem defiant, but that could be changing rapidly.
0:45.5	You know, one of the things that I think went little reported, but that Donald Trump said
0:51.6	during that press conference and also told the New York Post,
0:54.7	he said, you know, many Cubans lost their lives last night.
0:57.7	Did you know that?
0:58.7	Many Cubans lost their lives?
1:00.3	They were protecting Maduro.
1:02.0	That was not a good move.
1:04.2	Maduro was being guarded by a contingent of Cuban soldiers.
1:07.8	Thomas Van Lin says, and it appears that those Cuban soldiers were killed.
1:12.7	We're trying to get more information about Venezuelan military deaths.
1:17.7	Seems like there was over a dozen at least, perhaps more than 90 injured, in terms of some
1:24.0	other potential diplomatic fallout.
1:27.1	Chinese officials were apparently in Venezuela
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