Trump Loses it as Invasion Backfires in his Face

The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Network

Politics, News

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s invasion of Venezuela backfiring as his plans for instantly occupying the country and taking all of their oil faces opposition and Trump lashes out with more deranged behavior on social media and in public. 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 The Influence Continuum: 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 Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Donald Trump is losing it right now as his invasion of Venezuela did not go as planned.
0:06.0	Sure, he captured Nicholas Maduro, but Maduro looks happier than ever.
0:11.0	He's given the cameras, the thumbs up sign as he is in the federal prison in New York right now
0:17.0	when he was walking into the federal prison wishing people, happy New Year's.
0:22.5	And I guess Donald Trump just thought what, the people of Venezuela were going to be like,
0:25.8	hey, Donald, let us give you our oil.
0:28.2	You can run Venezuela.
0:30.3	As Democratic Congress member, Eric Swalwell said, I'll play this clip in a little bit.
0:34.3	He said, Donald Trump couldn't even run a casino.
0:39.6	You expect him to run a country like Venezuela of 28 million people? The people of Venezuela do not want Donald Trump to run or
0:46.6	operate Venezuela or occupy Venezuela. We're hearing from the former vice president, now the interim
0:53.1	president of Venezuela, Delci Rodriguez.
0:56.6	And she's saying that she absolutely does not want Donald Trump to be occupying Venezuela.
1:02.4	She says there's only one true leader of Venezuela, and that's Maduro.
1:06.0	Also, the governors of the various regions loyal to Maduro, at least as of this recording show,
1:12.6	no signs of surrendering or just handing over Venezuela and oil to Donald Trump.
1:18.5	At the same time, Donald Trump, through the main opposition leader, Maria Corino Machado,
1:25.6	under the bus. I mean, people expected that she was going to be the person who would
1:30.1	be installed as the new leader of Venezuela. She was the main opposition leader. She won the Nobel
1:36.3	Peace Prize. I mean, she's someone who's supported by the Europeans, the Canadians, Australians,
1:42.3	you know, and others as a pro-democracy voice.
1:46.4	That's at least, I'm just letting you know how they describe her.
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