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Victor Davis Hanson: War With Venezuela Could Break Trump’s MAGA Base

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Tensions between Venezuela and the United States are rising as Trump cracks down on drug trafficking, illicit oil shipments, and hostile foreign influence in Latin America. With talk of confrontation swirling in the media, questions are mounting about how far the U.S. should go—and what lessons history offers. Victor Davis Hanson puts Trump’s standoff with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro into historical perspective and explains why a military invasion of Venezuela would be a strategic mistake on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.” “Something that the world is looking at. And for the United States to go in there and have a ground removal, I think would be unwise at this point. So, what would be the alternative? It's sort of what we're doing now. We're isolating all drug shipments, illegal transportation of embargoed oil out of Venezuela. It's kind of a quasi-blockade/embargo. And they're going to tighten the screws.” (0:00) Introduction (0:50) US Interdiction Efforts (2:18) Historical Context: The Invasion of Grenada (5:24) Challenges of a Venezuelan Invasion (6:21) Political Ramifications (7:37) Final Thoughts The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers. Support The Daily Signal’s work today by becoming a Signal Elite Supporter. 
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The Maduro government, the communist government in Venezuela, its days are numbered, so

0:35.7

the media says, in other words, Donald Trump is trying to put pressure on Maduro and get rid of him because he canceled the last election through fraud.

0:45.6

And then we've had an addition about seven or eight million Venezuelans leaving.

0:50.1

And he not only sends drugs to the United States, he organizes the cartels and helps them

0:55.3

and other adjoining Latin American countries,

0:57.8

and he emptied his jails and prisons

1:00.6

and said, go to the United States basically causes much havoc.

1:03.8

So we have grounds to want him out.

1:07.2

Should we invade?

1:08.1

That's another question.

1:09.7

The out. Should we invade? That's another question. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal. There are war drums beating about the United States and the Trump administration's interdiction of narco-trafficking maritime shipments to the United States, which were destroying.

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