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The Capture of Maduro and the Left's Reaction, Inside Venezuela: Public Reaction With Román Camacho & Will Trump Invade Greenland?
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Foreign. Here. Welcome to the no spin news. Monday, January 5, 2026. Happy New Year. Stand up for your country. I thought we might get away with the Christmas break without any news intrusion. No. But it was the last two days when President Trump decided to remove the Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, using US Military forces to do so. I right away was on News Nation with Leland Vitter that Saturday night because I was so furious about the initial reporting done by the American press, which is essentially dishonest, as you know. But it wasn't so much they were dishonest. Yes. They don't. Anything Trump does, they don't like. We know that. But they had no idea what was happening, none. Or why it was happening. And they didn't know anything. So I did slap the suit and makeup on, went on News Nation and we have posted it on billoriley.com, my segment with Leland Vitter for premium and concierge members. Another reason why I hope you consider joining our club there because you got the best information. Lightning speed. All right. And why you're wasting or we. I'm involved with this because I was watching other news agencies and I'm just, I was yelling at the television set, you don't know what you're talking about. And as you know, I have experience reporting from Latin America. Anyway, tonight we're going to give you every bit of what happened and why it happened. And that is the subject of this evening's Talking Points Memo. Plus, we're going to take you to Caracas. We have a guest, a journalist who's on the ground there. So we have. Once you get through with us, you'll know what's going on. Number one, U.S. special forces descended into Caracas, Venezuela at 1:00am okay. On Saturday morning, 2:00am Caracas time. We're an hour ahead of us. Okay. They targeted Maduro and his wife who were in a military compound outside of Caracas in so called safe place. And it wasn't safe because the deal was made before the US Delta Force went in with the CIA that the Venezuelan military would not protect the dictator Maduro. Okay. That deal was already made and they did. There were no US casualties, There was no police intrusion on the part of the Venezuelan government, Nothing. But I sold Maduro out. They snatched him, put him on a helicopter. He went to the USS Iwo Jima, which was off the coast of Venezuela, transferred to a military transport place, took him to New York State where he is incarcerated in Brooklyn and today pled not guilty to narcotics charges and a whole bunch of other stuff that The Justice Department alleges. Now, Maduro obviously is entitled to his day in court. Due process extends to him, but he will be found guilty. The evidence is overwhelming against him. You have to remember that the American CIA is all over the place in Venezuela, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico. They know what's going on. And right now the CIA is essentially running Venezuela from the American Embassy in Caracas. There is no American ambassador. Okay? CIA is calling the shots in association with the Venezuelan military. That's why you don't have any kind of crazy chaos going on there. Not to say that bad things might unfold in the future, but right now, no U.S. casualties. New York Times reported there were some Venezuelan casualties, but. But nobody else has reported that. Though I don't know what's true and what isn't. I'm certainly not going to trust the New York Times. Okay, who is Nicolas Maduro? Well, he was a corrupt politician, friends with Hugo Chavez, the communists who took over the Venezuelan government. Chavez died in March of 2013. Maduro was vice President. He just took the government over. Maduro effectively wiped out any political opposition. So he was elected and reelected. The whole game that is going on in South America since World War II, okay, you just shun the opposition. Anybody who opposes you, you throw into jail. You terrorize the people and you run the country. That's what they do in Cuba. Okay? And I can give you 20 other South American countries where that has happened. That's what Maduro was doing. But. And if you don't believe me, all you got to do is go to Amnesty International, the furthest left organization on the planet. They document all of Maduro's suppression of freedom in Venezuela. Amnesty International documents it. Now, the crazy liberals in the Democratic Party, they don't even know that. So they got Maduro. He's here. He pleads not guilty. The process goes forward. What is going to happen is exactly what happened. Emmanuel Noriega in Panama in 1989. So then President Bush the elder moved 27,000 U.S. troops into Panama, snatched Noriega, took him to Miami where He sends the 40 years for narcotics trafficking. Noriega sold Panama to the drug cartels. Bush removed him. Now there was any reporting Saturday night on that is exactly the same. Exactly all you heard was War Powers act this, War Powers act that. Now to get more specific because we need you, the American person voter to understand the syndicate that Maduro allegedly worked with is called Cartel de las Solas. S O L E S okay. In the summer and again in November, the Trump administration designated Cartel de Los Solas as a terrorist group. That means under American law, we can use American military people to attack that cartel, just as we did to attack Soleimani. Remember that? Taking him out, the Iranian henchmen and ISIS and Osama bin Laden. There's no War Powers act, okay? It was like, basically, okay, President's authority, if he deems a group to be terrorists, to attack them. But we all understand that apparently the Democrats don't. Okay? And I don't want to make this a party thing, but it's absurd. It's insane. Now, what happened in Panama is what they call precedent. So if the Democratic Party does anything legally, the Supreme Court is going to say no. There's been president since 9 11. And then before, since 1989. American president has the power to protect this country, does not have to consult with Congress on every action. In fact, how could you possibly consult with Congress on bombing the Iranian nuclear facility or snatching Maduro? We didn't have a weak debate on Maduro. Like, he's not going to know what you're doing that puts American military lives in danger. All right? Doesn't matter. None of this matters to the Democratic Party or the media that supports it. Roll the tape. And I think that's why a War Powers Resolution is absolutely necessary right now to debate. I directly asked Secretary of State Rubio whether the administration would come to Congress.
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And basically ask permission of Congress, which is consistent with the Constitution and the War Powers Act.
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We need to have the War Powers Acts put into place so that anything that happens requires approval of Congress. No, it's not going to happen. The War Powers act basically says that if you declare war, you got 60 days to bring that declaration for congressional approval. Okay? But we haven't declared war on Venezuela, all right? We arrested a alleged criminal that was hurting our national security by allowing tons of cocaine to be smuggled in here. Guys are dead. Now, the worst, and I mean absolute worst politician in this country today is Senator Charles Schumer, the minority leader. This guy is an amazing hypocrite. The Biden administration designated $25 million reward for the abduction of Nicolas Maduro. Did you know that? The Biden administration. So we'll pay you 25 million if you can get Maduro and bring him up here. Do you want to say a word? No. Did you know it? No, you didn't. And if you did, write to me, Bill, at billorilly.com and tell me how you knew it. Because it wasn't reported. All right, so Schumer shows up with that nitwit George Stephanopoulos, who I just crucified today on Message of the day on billo reilly.com this guy is so ridiculous, I don't even have the words anymore. Anyway, the two of them are on the Sunday show go. You heard Secretary Rubio that he says the United States has the authority to do what they're doing right now. They do not. Why not? He couldn't even answer your question. There is no authority to go. They did not just do ships off the water. They went inside Venezuela bombed civilian as well as military places. And it's a violation of the law to do what they did without getting the authorization of Congress. That's just false. Now, he's either too stupid to understand that or he's lying. Finding a hoodie that lasts through the season can be tough. The American giant classic fool zip hoodie is made to last year after year. Snag the hoodie that brings comfort for life. Save 20% off your first order at american-giant.com with code STAPLE20 at checkout. I usually ask potential criminals to have a seat, but now I'm asking you to join me, Chris Hansen, for my new series, have a Seat with Chris Hansen. Guests each week are fascinating personalities who are grabbing headlines, making waves, or changing our lives for the better. Have a Seat with Chris Hansen, available wherever you get your podcasts. And I don't know of any action to bomb civilians in Venezuela. It certainly hasn't been reported. Now, Schumer did the exact same thing in the Iran bombing. Almost word for word. What happened there? Nothing. Nothing. And how did that turn out? Schumer said it was going to lead to a wider war. When Trump bombed Iranian nuclear facility last summer, did it lead to a wider war? No. In fact, Iran's on the verge of collapse right now. So do you think Schuman might temper? No, because he didn't care. He doesn't care about you or me or the country. He is a fanatical left wing person at this point in his career. It's just stunning, really is this will never get to the Supreme Court, but if it did, they just throw it out In a heartbeat. Okay, so in 2020, when Trump was running against Biden. We go way back then. Schumer wanted Maduro removed. Roll it. He hasn't brought an end to the Maduro regime. The Maduro regime is more powerful today and more entrenched today than it was when the president began. Schumer wanted him out and he was criticizing Trump for not getting him out. Talk about a colossal. I have never, I have to tell you this. I've been doing this, you know, more than 30 years now. News analysis and reporting, more than 50. I've never seen a more irresponsible politician ever than Charles Schumer. And that goes back to civil war days. I mean, this man, it just lies to you. And that's why the Democratic Party has no credibility whatsoever. That's why even if the economy doesn't surge this year, Republicans might still hold on because the Democrats are so bad. Because they're led by Charles Schumer. He's the most powerful Democrat in the country. Okay, let's sum all this up. So the action that the Trump administration took was legal. There is precedent. Maduro will be convicted. He will never see freedom again. Norie got 40 years. Maduro probably get 40. Okay? His wife will get 10 or 15. She went along with it, but she's not the threat. I don't know what's going to happen inside Venezuela. No one can predict that. I have a guest coming up very shortly who's going to give us his opinion. But I don't know. I don't think we should have American military presence walking around that country. But certainly we should. We being the American government overseeing than as a whalens to temporarily stabilize the situation and set up free elections. CIA is perfectly capable of doing that and I would assume they will do it. But I don't expect any kind of Iraq action or Afghanistan where these fanatical people are trying to hurt United States troops. I don't forget foresee that. If I'm wrong, I'll obviously report I'm wrong. And that's the memo. One more thing, Kamala Harris. I was curious. I tortured my staff and I said what a Kamala, you know, just because she could be president. All right, so she did post something on X and here it is. Donald Trump's actions in Venezuela do not make Americans safer, stronger or more affordable. Maduro is a brutal, illegitimate dictator. That does not change the fact that this action was both unlawful and unwise. We've seen this movie before. Wars for regime change or oil that is sold as strength but turn into chaos. The American families pay the price, unquote. Okay, I don't see any chaos. My family isn't being damaged by this. Is your family being damaged by this? I don't see that. Okay, Kamala Harris. So what is your solution to the drug cartel problem, Madam Vice President? What is it? What would you do? Nothing. Biden helped the drug cartels and you went along with it. You told the people on the View, I wouldn't change anything. President Biden helped the international drug merchants, helped them by having the open border. Then Kamala said, oh, yeah, it's okay with me. But now, now, no, no, no, no. American families are paying the price for snatching Maduro. How? How? How are my family paying a price? I think the region's going to be much better off without Maduro. And his pal over in Colombia better watch his butt, too, because he playing the same game. Both Maduro and the Colombian guy took vast amounts of money, according to the Justice Department, from the drug cartels to let them operate openly. I'm trying to make this as vivid as I can, and it's not a political screed is telling you what the reality is in this country. So you may hate Trump's guts, but he's trying to alleviate certain problems. Harris is no solution to any problem ever. 74 million people voted for. All right, let's bring in our guests. Roman Camacho from Caracas, Venezuela. Mr. Camacho is a very brave man, and he won't tell you that, but I will. He's an honest journalist in a country that's corrupt. He's been put into prison for things he said, but we wanted his eyes and ears on the ground. So, first of all, the people that you have spoken with in the last 48 hours, are they angry that Maduro has been kidnapped by U.S. forces?
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Well, there are two sides of this story. We have Venezuelans that are afraid to go out to the streets and celebrate. And we also see people that are rallying against Trump's administration, and they want their president back. So we have both sides. Yesterday, I spoke to at least three people in a rally that was in the downtown Caracas next to the presidential palace, and they won their president back. Even one of them was a colectivo, one of the armed forces of the government that protects the revolution. And he said that if he could be able to go to the United States and take justice by himself against Donald Trump, he will do it. So they're very angry about what happened here in Venezuela, and a lot of people are also afraid and don't want to show any. Celebrate. They don't want to celebrate. They don't want to post anything on social media or even on their status update on WhatsApp. So there are fear, and also there are some people very angry.
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Okay, do you have a prevailing wisdom here? So we understand there are Maduro supporters. Most of those people make money off the Dictatorship. They like them. And then we also understand that there are people who are, you know, Venezuela is one of the poorest nations in the hemisphere, even with all your oil, should be a very prosperous nation. At one time, you work. But for the last 25 years, under the communist dictators, it has gone down. And most Venezuelans live in poverty now. So I can't imagine they're big fans of Maduro. And the second question is, Mr. Camacho, why would Maduro have to fix elections, all right, which had been documented if he was so popular?
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Well, we haven't even recovered from the 2024 election. Maracolina Machado is in exile, and all the ballots, all the proof about this alleged fraud are abroad. So Venezuelans are also waiting for the official results here in Venezuela. Venezuelans doesn't know which was the real result. We only received, like, a small briefing from the Electoral College.
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Yeah, I know, but look.
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And they said, well, if you read.
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The Amnesty International report, you banished Maduro, banished opposing parties. Come on.
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I mean, there's no position right now.
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Here in Venezuela, but I'm very interested in a man on the street. All right? When I went to Caracas and spent some time there, it was a dangerous city. The new year brings new health goals and wealth goals. Protecting your identity is an important step. Your info is in endless places that could expose you to identity theft, leading to lost funds. LifeLock monitors millions of data points per second. If your identity is stolen, our restoration specialists will fix it, guaranteed, or your money back. Resolve to make identity, health and wealth part of your New year's goals. With LifeLock, save up to 40 your first year. Visit LifeLock.com podcast terms apply. I didn't walk around at night in Caracas. I mean, it was a lot of drug activity there, a lot of thugs there. I didn't really feel comfortable there at all. And with the economic profile of your country, I can't imagine that people wouldn't say this is a good thing. But I'm trying to get your assessment. Do you think most Venezuelans are happy that Maduro is gone?
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Well, you could say that because you also seen the demonstration abroad or not in Venezuela. You cannot say that. At least you talk to some people, with your neighbors and with your friends, and you'll know that they're happy with the decision, but they cannot show it. That's the truth.
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I got it. I got it. But just to put this into context, the Venezuelan community, the largest in the usa, is located in West Dade county, just west of Miami. And they've Been there for quite some time. But they're middle class people. They're like the Cubans who fled from Castro. They came over here because they were getting brutalized by Maduro and Chavez. So they got out of there. So they, they're not looking at it. They're look, they hate them, but they are very, very happy. But I'm just wondering, the people walking around today in Caracas and now Maduro is gone and his crew is never coming back, whether they feel relief, I understand. They're afraid, I understand. They can't go out and say that. That's why we have you on. Okay? And you have to watch what you say too. But do you really believe that your friends, your family, people, you know, they really wanted to continue with Maduro? Do you really believe most Venezuelans wanted to continue with this guy?
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No, no, most Venezuelan doesn't want to continue with Maduro. They want a new government. They want alternate the government here in Venezuela. They want new faces, new ideas, new, you know, businesses, new everything. So for now the problem is that, okay, Maduro right now is in New York, has been indicted for drug trafficking. But we still have all the structure. We have Delta Rodriguez as president.
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We have, but remember, we have all the structure. I understand, but remember the CIA is really running that place and they made the deal, as I said, with the army. The army was not going to intrude on this thing. All right? So the army said, you know, take them. That surprise you?
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Well, of course it was surprising. But what surprised me, surprised me. The more surprised me the more was that most was today two journalists are being detained just for being in the streets. Other people are being harassed by the intelligence forces here in Venezuela. So I, I, okay, I see.
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All right. There's still low level thugs doing that. The Trump is here. But good to know, good to know.
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Have some, you know, some human rights violations here in Venezuela. So I don't know what's changing or how much it's going to take us to change this.
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I hope it does change. One final question for you. The fear level is going to take a while to go away because once you live under a communist dictatorship and I've been to plenty of them and you're right, people, they don't want to be killed or banished or you know, just got back from China and those people over there aren't going to get out of line, all right? Because they know what's going to happen to them. But I don't expect any anti American displays. Mass uprisings against the USA in Venezuela. Am I wrong?
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No, I don't think you're wrong. But first we have to do, like, transition. We cannot get Maria Corino, Machado and Mundo right back in because you have to control the military forces, you have to control the militias. You also have to control some people that are part of the colectivos, that they don't want another government. They just want Maduro back. So you cannot do it at once.
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Take a while to weed it all.
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It could work.
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Right. But I don't expect an Iraq or Afghanistan situation in.
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No, no, nothing like that. We wouldn't see that.
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Mr. Camacho, we really appreciate you taking the time. You're a brave man. As I mentioned, if you need anything from us, you please let us know. Okay?
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Thank you.
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So.
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Thank you so much, Mr. Wright.
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Right, okay. Greenland. So I got hysterical texts from my liberal acquaintances. Now we're going to invade Greenland. I don't mean, I hate to laugh at him, but I'm just going like, okay, we're not invading Greenland. Now, I know, I know the Danish Prime Minister and I know President Trump just takes gasoline, throws it on that. I understand it because I was in a meeting with Donald Trump about Greenland. Okay, but. Well, let's. Let's walk through it. So Greenland, like Canada. Remember when we were going to take over Canada? Remember that? And all the Canadians got crazed. Yeah. I don't think we've taken it over. So now it's Greenland again. So Trump's on a plane coming back from Palm beach to D.C. and a reporter asked him about Greenland. Roll the tape. We need Greenland from a national security situation. It's so strategic right now. Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not going to be able to do it, I can tell you. Okay, so what does that mean? It means that the Trump administration wants Military bases, U.S. military bases in Greenland. That's what it means. And they'll probably get those military bases all right. Now, in order to get them, Trump rattles the cage. And all the Danes over there in Copenhagen are. But this is not. We're seizing it. This is. Trump wants the navy and the air force to have big bases to counter the Arctic expansion by Putin and China. That's what it is. You never get this kind of reporting anywhere else. But the president doesn't say that. He just shakes the cage. And then there's minerals and stuff like that. But I expect they'll reach some kind of deal in Greenland. All Right back home. So Governor Tim Wallace of Minnesota was a walk in for reelection next November. No primary challenge. Minnesota's crazy left. He was going to be the next governor. Well, this morning goes, hey, I'm not running again. I wonder why the scandal in Minnesota where a bunch of criminals, many of them Somalis, stole billions of dollars from the federal government. With aid coming in after Covid is so intense that Waltz knew he could not run because he has no defense. He didn't oversee it. His Justice Department didn't do anything. They let it go on. All right, now, Waltz's only defense to this whole thing was based on skin color. Roll it. So I would just be very clear on this. Anyone in this state, especially elected officials, who are unable to condemn this vile attack on our neighbors in our state, you are complicit in it. And it will not stand in Minnesota, though you're not supposed to criticize the Somalis who sold billions of dollars. That's a vile attack. And they're not white. So that's a racist attack. So Wallace has ruined his whole career. He, he could have been vice president again. We take it back to the Democratic Party. What is wrong with you people? Talk about realigning. So Waltz is out Wall Street Journal. This report happened right before the Christmas break. Nobody paid attention to it. But it's important. It's on the economy. And that's what's going to tell a tale in the midterms. So Wall Street Journal has found out that the US economy is expanding at a 4.3 annual rate. Okay. Highest growth in two years. That's pretty good, right? So the economy is coming up. It is driven by consumer spending, which is up 3.5%. American economy is based on all of us spending money. We stop spending, economy goes down. We continue to spend or spend more, economy goes up. Okay? They also found out that wealthy consumers, the people Bernie Sanders and the socialist hate on, are driving the economy because they're doing so well in the stock market and they're making money and they're using that money to acquire things, which is lifting the economy and lifting corporations. This is what the Wall street. Now it all makes sense, but all you hear and all you see in the polls is economy's bad. Economy not bad. All right? Prices are too high. And we've gone over that. But you should have the salient facts. The government May shut down January 30th. I don't know. It's another cycle. I just going to warn you, you're going to hear a lot about it this month. I don't know whether they can do some accommodation or not. I hope they do. Back with a final thought about some changes we're going to make. All right, here is a final thought of the day. I've been doing this show now be eight years in April. We could say eight years. No, no. Nine years. Nine. Whoa. That was a fast nine years. Yeah. I think my math is right. And the biggest hit. You know, I don't think there's another independent news agency that does nearly what we do on every level. But I'm looking at injecting some new stuff. And one of those things would be a special series of specials where it be me and a very important person in your life, somebody who has real power, real insight. And we go at it. And I'm looking at it now. Those people are not hard to book, are not easy to book, I should say. They're usually busy. They're big shots. They want to go up against O'Reilly. A lot of them don't. But I think we might be able to pull this off. So we're going to start rollout slowly. You'll see it over the next few weeks. We'll give you plenty of heads up on it and it will be an enhancement to what we do. But I'm not going to say we're going to do this. Definitely, we're going to try it. And then you, of course, are going to weigh in on whether we like it or we don't like it because it will alter a little bit of our presentation to you. But I'm gonna, I wanna upgrade everything here because a lot of competition out there, most of it is irresponsible and foolish, but it's competition. And we have managed in nine years to carve out a very successful niche. But, you know, let's improve it. Let's make it better. It's like an athletic team. You win the game, you win the super bowl, you win whatever, you still want to get better. And that's what we're gonna try to do. I want to give you a heads up. I'll have more specifics later on in January. And again, if you don't like it, we'll throw right overboard. Thank you for watching the first edition of the no Spin News for the year 2026. See you again tomorrow.