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president donald trump Team reportedly delayed by strongman Nicolás Maduro He used dance moves to signal that U.S. troops would invade Venezuela and overthrow the dictator from power.
new york times “Maduro’s regular public dancing and other displays of indifference in recent weeks have helped convince some in Trump’s team that the Venezuelan president is mocking them and trying to call what he believes is a bluff,” the Sunday report said.
the times Citing anonymous sources, Maduro’s antics after rejecting Trump’s ultimatum to step down and go into exile in Turkey ultimately led the White House to make good on its military threats.
“This week [Maduro] Returning to the stage, he repeated “No Crazy War” in English, dismissing the latest escalation in the United States – an attack on a dock it says is used for drug trafficking – over an electronic beat that played on national television.
Some of Maduro’s celebratory dances were posted to social media, which the White House regularly monitors, as evidenced by the appearance of an X on a large screen in the war room used by Trump and the defense secretary. Peter Heggs During the removal operation.
Trump posted a video on the Saturday Truth Society of Maduro shouting: “Come to me! I’ll meet you in Miraflores. Don’t take too long to get there, coward!”
The video, set to the tune of AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” is interspersed with footage of bombs lighting up the Venezuelan night sky as U.S. troops attack Maduro.
Trump has long accused Maduro of allowing illegal drugs to flood the U.S. market, although critics have pointed out that Trump’s claims about fentanyl trafficking are flimsy.
Fentanyl is not mentioned in the superseding indictment unsealed Saturday against Maduro and five co-conspirators. Rather, the charges relate to “bringing large quantities of cocaine into the United States.”
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