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Trump Captures Maduro, Emulating Bush Sr.’s Capture of Panama’s Noriega

Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump finally delivers the Noriega sequel he’s been itching to stage. His capture of Maduro was decisive, dramatic, and deeply revealing. iPINIONS cuts through the triumphalism to ask the harder question: what does capturing one strongman actually change when the regime, repression, and hypocrisy remain firmly intact? Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-captures-maduro-emulating-bush Read more.

Trump Used Putin’s Playbook to Get Elected. Now He’s Using Maduro’s to Hold Onto Power.

Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 7:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

President Trump’s re-election campaign featured too many farcical and cynical moments to count. But perhaps none epitomized them more than the flyby rallies he held in covid hot spots. Because there we saw crowds variously cheering and baying as he regaled them with brazen lies and hollow threats. What took the cake, though, was Trump… Read more.

Donald Trump’s ‘Bay of Pigs’ in Venezuela…?

Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 8:41 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Malignant incompetence and serial bungling define not only Trump’s war against Covid-19 but every aspect of his presidency. This is why it’s all too easy to believe reports that he dispatched Rambo wannabes on a knucklehead mission to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In “Trump Indicts Maduro. Putin Says, ‘Go Ahead, Puppet, Make My Day!’”… Read more.

Maduro Holds onto Power in Venezuela and Guaido Is Struggling to Get It

Monday, March 4, 2019 at 7:15 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Maduro Holds onto Power in Venezuela Venezuela is reeling under President Maduro’s leadership. He’s ruling more like an autocratic tyrant than a socialist revolutionary. Venezuela’s interim president, Juan Guaido, has announced his intention of returning to his homeland [today] from Ecuador, a move that would likely result in his arrest by Venezuelan authorities. … Last… Read more.