Trump Gives Unhinged Interview After Venezuela Invasion

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🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s disastrous first interview since the US Invasion of Venezuela which he did with Fox. 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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0:20.7	Donald Trump just gave a completely deranged interview with Fox about the United States
0:26.3	invasion of Venezuela. Donald Trump saying this was about taking their oil. And he says that
0:33.5	even though China had special envoys in Venezuela, it doesn't matter because the United States
0:40.4	is going to figure out how to deal with the oil. We're learning more information about the United
0:46.1	States invasion and what happened with Maduro and Maduro's wife, Celia Flores. So Maduro and his wife
0:53.3	Celia Flores, according to Natasha Bertrand,
0:56.5	they were dragged from their bedroom by U.S. forces, by Delta Force, special forces, during the
1:03.3	raid that led to their capture. They were put aboard the U.S. ship, the Iwo Jima, where they are now heading to New York. An indictment has been filed
1:14.2	against them by the United States Department of Justice. More on that in a moment. But Donald
1:22.0	Trump is asked about the future of Venezuela and their oil industry. And Donald Trump says, we're going to be strongly involved now in the Venezuelan oil industry.
1:33.0	Here, play this clip.
1:34.0	The countries that negotiate with Venezuela for those that illegal oil are already starting to suffer.
1:43.4	What do you see as the future of Venezuela's oil industry?
1:48.3	Well, I see that we're going to be very strongly involved in it. That's all. I mean,
1:52.3	what can I say? We have the greatest oil companies in the world, the biggest, the greatest.
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