Reporter (5:21)

The US Aware of the location of opposition leader Machado. And have you been in contact with her?

Jim Jordan (5:26)

No, we haven't really.

Interviewer (5:30)

Do you have any hypertensions about Machado.

Interviewer/Host (5:32)

Mr. President, on Monday, I think it.

Congressman Diaz Balart (5:34)

Would be very tough for her to be the leader.

Jim Jordan (5:35)

She doesn't have the support within or.

Congressman Diaz Balart (5:38)

The respect within the country. She's a very nice woman, but she doesn't have the respect to.

Midas Touch Network Host (5:42)

Then you have the kind of usual Trump bootlickers. And here they are in Florida. You have MAGA Republican Congressmember Diaz Balart. He's standing next to Congresswoman Salazar and they're asked. So I guess you all don't support Marina Corina Machado, right? Because Maria Karina Machado, because we all heard what Donald Trump said and you all said you support this, this plan with Donald Trump. 100. So you. All right, and these are Cuban exiles. They represent their family left Cuba and they represent the Cuban and Venezuelan communities in Southern Florida. So watch what MAGA Republican Diaz Balart says here. Play this clip. Why are you not willing to support.

Interviewer (6:28)

Maria Corina to be.

Congressman Diaz Balart (6:30)

Wait, wait, wait. Hold on, hold on a second. Let's talk about that first. You're talking to us. When have we ever not supported. No, no, no, no, wait. But let's look. These are serious issues. Do not put words in my mouth and do not. No, no, no, wait. But you said us. You said us. You said us. Okay? But it's very. I will not tolerate putting words in my mouth or my colleague's mouth. We have been consistent from day one. And I am convinced there's going to be a transition. We already talked about that. And I'm convinced that when there are elections, whether there are new elections or there's a decision to take the old elections, the last elections, that the next democratically elected president of Venezuela is going to be Maria Corinna.

Midas Touch Network Host (7:19)

Meanwhile, Donald Trump has been posting images of himself saying the Don Row Doctrine. He's holding like a bat or a club that says the Don Row Doctrine. This is actually a post from Trump's official Rapid Response account. You see this photo? It says the Don Roe Doctrine and it's Donald Trump stepping on Canada and South America saying that basically this belongs to him. That's what Donald Trump is doing. And as Donald Trump does that he's getting criticized by the Pope. And the pope, Pope Leo said that Venezuela must remain independent. He called for respect of human rights and basically said that he does not support an occupation of Venezuela by the United States. In the Trump regime, he didn't use those specific words, but he talked about independence and avoiding occupations. I wanna show you this now. Does Donald Trump sends his bootlickers? Trump's getting desperate this morning, so he sends Marco Rubio. But what if Marco Rubio has a disastrous appearance? Rubio then talks about basically invading Cuba next. Rubio's like, yeah, Cuba's probably next. Here, play this clip.

Marco Rubio (8:25)

Go bonkers.

Mint Mobile Terms Announcer (8:26)

Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target? Mr. Secretary, very quickly.

Marco Rubio (8:32)

Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah, the Cuban government is a huge problem, first of all.

Interviewer (8:37)

So is that a yes?

Marco Rubio (8:38)

Cuba. But I don't think people fully appreciate. I think they're in a lot of trouble. Yes. I'm not going to talk to you about what our future steps are going to be and our policies are going to be right now in this regard. But I don't think it's any mystery that we are not big fans of the Cuban regime, who, by the way, are the ones that were propping up Maduro. His entire, like, internal security force, his internal security apparatus is entirely controlled by Cubans. One of the untold stories here is how, in essence, you talk about colonization, because I think you said, Dulcie Rodriguez mentioned, that the ones who have sort of colonized, at least inside the regime, are Cubans. It was Cubans that guarded Maduro. He was not guarded by Venezuelan bodyguards. He had Cuban bodyguards in terms of their internal intelligence, who spies on who inside to make sure there are no traitors. Those are all Cubans.

Midas Touch Network Host (9:21)

All right, Secretary and then Marco Rubio was asked on Meet the Press, will you see congressional approval for any further action in Venezuela? And Rubio says, why would we need approval? This isn't a war. This is like a legal operation. We're just arresting a fugitive. Here, play this clip.

Marco Rubio (9:37)

This was not an action that. Yeah. This was not an action that required congressional approval. In fact, it couldn't require congressional approval because this was not an invasion. This is not an extended military operation. This is a very precise operation that involved a couple of hours of action. It was a very delicate operation, too. It was one that required all these conditions to be in place at the right time in the right place. You couldn't afford leaks. We couldn't afford anything out there that would have endangered the mission and Gotten people killed or killed off the mission and the optionality. We, we didn't even know if the mission was going to happen.

Midas Touch Network Host (10:08)

Then you have Jim Jordan, MAGA Republican Congress member Jim Jordan. And all he wanted to talk about was China sending a spy balloon in the air. That was during Biden's administration. Do you know how many spy balloons were there during the Trump administration? Trump's first administration? Way more than Biden's. Trump just covered it. Do we know how many spy balloons right now exist? We don't know because Trump lies about everything and covers everything up. I mean, that's the reality of it is that we do know that China is doing its most aggressive military training exercises by Taiwan right now. We do know that North Korea launched ballistic missiles again yesterday and they're testing their missiles again in a more aggressive posture than ever. We do know that China is not buying American soybeans. Still, we do know that China's treating Donald Trump like a pathetic little individual. Here, play this clip of Jim Jordan.

Jim Jordan (11:08)

Strength and takes decisive action. Think about, contrast the President's actions, what took place two days ago, what took place with Midnight Hammer when he stopped Iran. Contrast that with the previous administration. Contrast that with Joe. Joe Biden led a Chinese spy balloon fly clear across the country.

Mint Mobile Announcer (11:26)

Let's focus.

Jim Jordan (11:26)

And then shot it down. Do you think President Trump would allow that? I think the American people appreciate the facts. Here's something that President Trump did and he takes decisive action for the benefit of Americans.

Interviewer/Host (11:36)

You talk about.

Midas Touch Network Host (11:37)

And next Jim Jordan is asked on cnn. He says, well, how does this make sense? So you're saying that one of the reasons you went after Maduro is that because he's a narco terrorist. But then Donald Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernandez, one of the biggest narco terrorists in history, who worked with El Chapo to bring in huge quantities of cocaine to kill Americans. So you pardoned the biggest drug carte narco terrorist benefactor and Juan Orlando, Juan Orlando Hernandez. How does this make sense to you? Jim? Here, play this clip.

Interviewer/Host (12:10)

Something that President Trump did after the former president of Honduras went through the American judicial process, was found guilty, was sentenced for a whole bunch of really bad things with regard to sending drugs into the US Poisoning American children, as you would say. The President pardoned him. How is that consistent with going.

Jim Jordan (12:32)

The President's clear about this. I think in his press conference. The pardon power, by the way, is exclusive to the President. They can exercise however they've done well once.

Interviewer (12:38)

Should he have done it?

Jim Jordan (12:40)

And he exercised that way and he said he thought that the Biden administration treated this individual, the former president, in an unfair fashion and so he chose to pardon him. President Bidens, President Biden issued pardons for.

Midas Touch Network Host (12:50)

Next Jim Jordan, as all these MAGA Republicans this morning are asked, well, what's next? What happens next here? And Jim Jordan says, well, I just trust whatever Donald Trump says. That's it. Whatever Donald Trump says, I trust. Here, play this clip right here.

Interviewer/Host (13:07)

But the question is what's next and what is the American?

Jim Jordan (13:11)

And what I'm saying is we'll see.

Interviewer/Host (13:13)

How the taxpayer on the hook line.

Jim Jordan (13:14)

I trust Secretary Rubio, I trust Secretary Hagen, I trust President Trump and his making decisions that again are in the best interest of the American people. And frankly, I trust our military.

Midas Touch Network Host (13:24)

And I just want to remind you when I showed you that press conference, I showed you Congressmember Diaz Balart. But I just want to quickly remind you of Congresswoman Salazar. Now, Congresswoman Maria Salazar is also a Congress lady from the southern Florida, south Florida area. And I just want to remind you what she said back on November 11, 2024, because she's been guaranteeing this to her communities there, to the immigrant communities that she represents, that Don Trump would only go after criminals with ICE and border patrol. That was her promise to everybody. She constantly is bringing her community and just throwing them under the bus. And she promised him. I promise you, it's all one big misunderstanding. Donald promises us that he's going to do this and it's just one big lie and grift after another. Here's what she said. November 11, 2024. Here, play this clip.

Reporter (14:22)

200,000 undocumented in your community. Is that what you're saying?

Interviewer (14:26)

I am sure that we're not. That the Trump administration is not going to be targeting those people who have been here for more than five years that have American kids, that don't have criminal records, that have been working in the economy and paying taxes. I am sure that they're going to hone in on the criminals who arrived less than four years ago. Cuz I wrote the Dignity act and I am the first one who understands that you have to give some type of dignity to those who have been here for more than five years, people who have roots in the country, not people who are coming to commit crimes.

Reporter (14:57)

If I can just clarify from you, have you received those kinds of details from anyone in a potential Trump administration? Because so far what we've heard is proposal for mass deportations. We have about 30 seconds left. Have you gotten those assurances?

Interviewer (15:10)

Mass deportation to those who are committing crimes, who have been here for less than five years. You understand that you have millions of undocumented who are contributing with the economy and are helping our country to be a better one.

Midas Touch Network Host (15:25)

Just take a look quickly at some of the headlines internationally. This is the Mail on Sunday. Trump now I'm running Venezuela. America on the warpath. America on the warpath. That's how this is being described internationally. America on the warpath with a deranged, demented individual like Donald Trump doing this. Anyway, hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers. Thanks so much for watching and have a good day. New Midas Merch drop. Check out the latest pro democracy sticker packs, T shirts, hats, sweatshirts, and more, all at store. Midas Touch.