Nothing is as it appears

The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/

capitolhunters (@capitolhunters.bsky.social) 2026-01-03T16:22:32.733Z

There’s layers upon layers of intrigue here, but basically the attack was staged with the cooperation of Putin. If that doesn’t tell you anything….

It has nothing to do with fentanyl, because the indictments against Maduro were for COCAINE trafficking. Most fentanyl comes from Mexico.

According to Malcolm Nance, this was really a military coup done with the help of Russia. He says Putin traded his cooperation to get concessions in Ukraine.

Etc. I gotta admit, I’m just not Machiavellian enough to understand geopolitics.