Taking Maduro: Wise or Foolish?

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🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Steve Hayes is joined by Kevin Williamson, Jonah Goldberg, and David French to revisit the Trump administration's operation in Venezuela nearly one week later and discuss the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. The Agenda:—U.S. intervention in Venezuela—Oil, drugs, or immigrants?—Legality of Maduro's arrest—Does international law matter?—The future of U.S. interventionism—ICE shooting in Minneapolis—NWYT: Best cities to live in Show Notes:—Dispatch Debate on the capture of Maduro The Dispatch Podcast is a production of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dispatch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠by clicking here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.6	Music alive in every drop. Welcome to the Dispatch podcast. I'm Steve Hayes. On this week's roundtable, we'll discuss
0:58.5	U.S. foreign policy, Venezuela, Iran, and the ever-changing world order. We'll also look at the
1:05.3	horrific shooting in Minnesota and the many videos that have been circulating on social media.
1:10.2	And finally, if not worth your time.
1:13.2	What cities have the panelists lived in before that they would gladly return to?
1:18.6	I'm joined today by my dispatch colleagues Jonah Goldberg and Kevin Williamson,
1:22.5	as well as dispatch contributor David French of The New York Times.
1:26.4	Let's dive right in.
1:29.2	Gentlemen, it's been five days since U.S. Special Forces captured Nicholas Maduro in Venezuela
1:34.4	and brought him to the U.S. for trial on drug and weapons charges.
1:40.6	In the months leading up to his detention, the administration made its case for intervention largely on drugs.
1:49.0	They were not on drugs, but the public case centered on Maduro's alleged rule as a drug kingpin.
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