The Ezra Klein Show · 2026-01-06 · 60 min · 10,617 words

What Trump Wants in Venezuela

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I have one question right now. What is America doing in Venezuela? Over the weekend on January 3rd, the Trump administration launched an operation that ended with the capture of Nicolas Maduro. the president of Venezuela. We have heard a lot of reasons from the Trump administration of why they decided to do this.

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