Well, the answer is, if you're living in Turkey, if you're living in Argentina, if you're living in Brazil before the currency collapses, or Mexico, or Venezuela , or any country in Africa, you don't get gold, you don't get the S&P, you don't get QQQ. You can't buydiversified real estate in the US. Those options I named are a Western world
to maintain control over the Western Hemisphere and create a fortress America. Which is why he invaded Venezuela and he said he's going to invade Cuba. Exactly. And also Greenland. Look at all the countriesthat he's named over the past year.
uncertainty in the world. And we see that with the tariffs. We see that with Venezuela . We see it with Greenland. We see it with Iran. I mean, if there wasthat level of uncertainty in a smaller political system, and that happens all the time, we wouldn't care as much because the global impact would not
Why did he do this? I think there are three reasons why he did it. I'll take you through. First reason you said Venezuela , not on this map. Shouldn't be relevant to this map. Turns out it'srelevant to this map. Trump had plans to take out Maduro.
stated priority here at home? We have an economic crisis here at home, an immigration crisis here at home. We have a crisis of politics Venezuela situation, the economies seems to be really important to him. Do you think this is he he's motivated more so
Gerald R. Ford deployed at sea for 326 days in support of operations against Venezuela first and then Iran. The longest such deployment for an aircraftcarrier since the Vietnam War. Now bear in mind that the recommended deployment
What does socialism mean? Venezuela . This is the meme of this election cycle.It shows how we're living in a kindergarten world.
the timing was funny well that idea of a drought causing electricity shortages is happening today it's happening in Venezuela Venezuela is having a hard time because of low oil and gas prices having trouble just running their country well on top of that now theyhave power shortages because they get so much of their electricity from dams and the water systems are low so they have
opportunities here in the United States, is moving abroad to do nation building. To do nation building in Saudi Arabia, to do nation building in Iran, to do nation building in Venezuela , but it doesn't do nation building here in the United States where we need the money to build our crumbling economy.And I wanna also touch a few points that are related to some of the interest of Google that have to do with the price of oil.
military force that shows what I'm capable of doing. Then the rest of the Iranian leadership, they're going to want to work with me just like they did in Venezuela . That was reason number two. And then the most important reason, the most important reason is that unlike Trump's first term where he had people around him that were patriotic first and foremost to the country and when they
That's a myth that economists actually unfortunately believe. They basically could persuade people to think that everything is homogeneous. In fact oil from Venezuela is almost like tar. oil from here is flows like water comparatively. You need different processing systems to to extract that oil than you need over here. Uh if we lose this, we can't replace it with
In Chile, we have very little idea of what politically correct is. In Venezuela , even less. But still, there are things that you don't say anymore in this century that we are living today.
brain diseases. I had the pleasure and the privilege to participate some 30 years ago in a film expedition to the Yanomami Indians in Venezuela on the Orinoco River. And I never thought that that would come back to me 35 years later, in terms of optimal diet-- the question of optimal diet.
Is it really going to advance my cause, the cause of peace, for me to get into an argument with the president of Venezuela ? So I thought the better of it. I bit my tongue, and I just listened to him.
and hobble. And and that um was not expected. That was wildly unexpected by President Trump on the back of his success in Venezuela when he decided to launch this decapitation strike uh against the Islamic Republic. And let us remember, before we close this conversation on Iran, let us remember that the people that are suffering, by
surrender. And his proof of concept was, of course, on January 3rd of this year, Delta Force went into Venezuela , kidnapped Maduro, and they just completely surrendered. So, in Trump's mind, he wanted to replay this the Venezuela scenario.
What is going on? Like really take me back to the beginning. What did Trump think was going to happen? How is this linked to Venezuela ? Why would he do this after saying that he was the president that was going to stop all the wars? What is the big picture here?
We'll we'll we'll try to improve the economy for the average Venezuelan. I mean, they're starting to become popular. In another year, if they had elections in Venezuela , it is not inconceivable that she would win in a democratic election, which is like blows your mind, right? Whole bunch, hundreds of political prisoners, they've released. I talked to leaders all over
because they care about security. That's what they've been voting on. Their elections have been about the economy and local security and Venezuela has been a problem for them, right? I mean, they're exporting people causing crime. Colombia, Peru, Brazil, this Chile, right? This has been a serious issue.
That's right. And it now as I look at this, it seems like I understand why. So, Venezuela , I mean, Trump just flew in and took the leader of Venezuela and his wife out of bed and sees the country. Iran, US are at war with Iran now. Um, Iraq, I mean, that's a a story already. And Canada has been the other one where it's been incredibly adversarial over the last couple of months. Is this just all about
What are you concerned about, aren't you? So, so there's a number of things here. So, first of all, with the removal of Maduro in Venezuela , which happened less than 60 days ago, and now the killing, the assassination of a of a leader The decapitation of the regime. Which was the same thing you did here when you rendered Maduro, right? It's a decapitation of a regime.
Washington though is pressuring is pressuring countries to leave the court. Chad and Venezuela have answered that call. How much will a gathering boycott undermine the court's legitimacy?
So you put Bernie Sanders in Denmark, like you said-- it's completely the mainstream. Is it Venezuela ? No, it's not Venezuela . By the way, the United States is trying to destroy Venezuela , probably as a campaign prop.
I was born in Venezuela and then was raised in Miami.
I emigrated from Venezuela when I was seven.
We moved to Venezuela when I was eight years old for three years and then came out of there.
And a colleague in Venezuela has been fired.
I am from Venezuela .
I see it in Venezuela .
Largely the Yanomami-- between Venezuela and Brazil.
This is Venezuela and this is Brazil.
like they have in Venezuela , El Sistema.
Here's some Venezuelan Llanos, home of swamps and big snakes.
How do Venezuelans make a sandwich?
You look at how Venezuelans can make a small viral video.
Um and you know, that is basically the Don Roe doctrine, the Western Hemisphere. Venezuela 's gone very well. Um the the devastating earthquake in Venezuela only means the new Venezuelan government needs the Americans even more. And so they're having to accept a political transition that's moving more
sight of your why did Trump do this in Iran. So the first point is beginning of the year Trump goes in to Venezuela , right? It is the most successful military operation you can possibly
Very good question. I think wars are created when inequality is bad. If you go back to the Great Depression and see biggest reserve of oil is Venezuela .
even advocacy for things like Cuba or Venezuela are things that are popular among Republicans versus something he
purpose in toppling the leader of Venezuela was, you know, to get control of their oil. Um and, you know,
By the way, the United States is trying to destroy Venezuela , probably as a campaign prop. So it's not just that Venezuela is collapsing-- the United States has put every sanction possible, closing, grabbing reserves, and so forth. I know I'm taking us away from this-- Just a little bit.
But there's no armed conflict in Venezuela .
Unlike people in Russia and Venezuela and Turkey, we still have the ability to go and fight for our values without living in fear of being imprisoned or murdered.
So you can imagine in Venezuela .
And if you talk about Venezuela , maybe you will think, well, first of all, where is Venezuela ?
and what is going on in Venezuela and in the work that Foro Penal is doing.
going to be welcome in Venezuela and in other places in the world.
But in this specific case of Venezuela , especially now with the additional challenges that are being created by the government to really disseminate information, that's also
And it's diplomats from Venezuela .
represented a political prisoner in Venezuela , an individual who