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After American forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and brought him to the United States to stand trial here,

almost no Republicans spoke out in dissent. Notably, however, Representative Marjorie Taylor Green did speak out.

In a series of remarkable tweets, she accused Trump of breaking his promise to avoid military adventurism abroad. Now, the idea that Trump and MAGA are anti-interventionist or anti-war,

as we're constantly told, has long been obvious bullshit, but now we have

a MAGA leader stating this very plainly. Strikingly, Green said straight out that this is a bid to take

Venezuela's oil. Norm Isson, the publisher of the contrarian, has been saying we need to look at Trump's

invasion in similar terms as an

example of international corruption. So we're talking to Norm about how all this unmasks Trump-slash-Maga's

true ideology and intentions. Norm, good to have you on, man. Thank you for having me, Greg,

honored to be here. Great to have you on. So as everybody has heard, Greg. Honored to be here.

Great to have you on. So as everybody has heard, U.S. forces staged a major attack on Venezuela, bombing its air defenses and seizing Maduro.

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