US Military Operation in Caracas: Trump’s Venezuela Move

The USA coming to Caracas – who could have guessed that?

Monroe Doctrine. The USA is fully imperialistic. The Kremlin mouthpieces are painting their hero in bright colors. Killing Iran for Israel is next on the schedule. Nothing really new to see here.

Stefan H. Heuer, M.A.
January 9, 2026
With special thanks to Miri Wood.

With the New Year just passed, the world woke up one morning with a SMO accomplished:
”In the early morning hours of Saturday, January 3, 2026, the United States unilaterally carried out bombings across the Venezuelan capital city of Caracas. As a further act of blatant violation of Venezuela’s sovereignty, the U.S. military abducted the democratically elected President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and illegally transported them out of the country. ”

So, Trump again… I despise his personality and his servitude to the genocidal monster calling itself Israel. Still, I have to pay my respect to him for the genius of the plan his troops fulfilled in Caracas. Within less than a day, by the use of military force, Trump achieved his goal. This was truly a ”Special Military Operation” (SMO) that deserves this title. And Trump was absolutely correct when trolling Putin for the „primitive“ war the Kremlin performs (since almost 4 years), for no real achievement other than to get Donbass devastated and Christian Caucasian men killed in their millions for the profit of that tiny rootless international clique.

With Maduro kidnapped and no own servicemen killed, Trump achieved the wanted outcome. If we did not consider that the Donbass debacle was possibly by design, and if we did not consider the possibility of that Venezuela-thing as a smart play with Maduro as an actor, we could have wished Trump to teach the allegedly ‘Russian’ guy at the Kremlin a lesson on how to successfully SMO the enemy.

Trump – or rather: his staff – had read Sun Tzu and Clausewitz.

What is obvious?
”The USA’s New Year assault on Venezuela is one of the most naked acts of imperialist aggression we have seen in recent times.

There was not even a manufactured threat to America or “democracy” to justify it, only the laughable audacity of accusing kidnapped President Maduro of being involved in the drug trafficking trade for which the CIA is so notoriously known for.

Just as blatantly obvious, for increasing numbers of people, is that President Trump and his “special forces” are nothing but tools of the Zio-imperialist mafia, ZIM.”

I will not dive into theories about Maduro handing himself to Trump. Also, I will not debate the idea that Maduro was a (Jewish) CIA-agent who was ordered to bring the country to its knees. If he was, he was very successful. If he was not, he was just a politician who – either by incompetence or corruption – achieved the worst for his people instead of the best. Why should we care for Maduro? In case he receives a fair trial (which I would not dare to suggest), he can bring down such claims against him easily.

And, finally, neither do I stick to the false dichotomy of USA evil – BRICS good. With Syria, Iran, and now Venezuela, this propaganda setup has blown itself out of this galaxy and is being parroted today only by the very dumb or those guys with a very specific motivation.

In fact, Russia did NOT help Syria against the NATO-waged war by terror (2011-2024). Even more, Putin prohibited the Syrian Arab Army from defeating ISIS and al Qaeda HTS (aka Pentagon and CIA-Mossad). And after the fall of Damascus into the hands of the bearded lunatics, who had been spending their time in Syria as headchoppers, rapists, and thieves, Putin did not lose time to cherish the HTS regime. Don’t we remember Putin celebrating the monster Al-Jolani in Moscow for the ‘achievements’ of his illegitimate government? Putin did know which ‘achievements’ the HTS had gained at this time, which can be named mass murder, terror, theft, and plunder.

Is it not a coincidence that Israel bombed Syria every time Netanyahu came back from a visit to Moscow? Is it not a surprise the USA engaged in Israel’s attack on Iran after Netanyahu met Trump?

In fact, Russia neither stood with Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, nor all the other nations targeted and attacked by the rootless clique with the means of their tools. (This must be that famous ‘Putin-Trump-4D-Chess’ allegedly outplaying the Western hegemon that the mouthpieces always chat about)…

And now the coup against Venezuela – the nation which not only is said to have the world’s largest oil reserves (always a wonderful reason for the evil empire to bring democracy and freedom by bombs and bullets), but also was an ally to Syria and Iran and stood for the rights of the Palestinian people.

Just a reminder:
On May 7, Putin and Maduro inked the ”Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on Strategic Partnership and Cooperation” that came into power on October 27, 2025.

On September 4, Russia issued a warning about the ongoing terror by the US:
”Russia has strongly condemned the United States’ recent military action near Venezuela, accusing Washington of endangering regional stability after President Donald Trump ordered a naval build-up and a targeted strike against a boat allegedly linked to a Venezuelan drug cartel.

According to a Newsweek report, the Russian Foreign Ministry criticized the move, warning that such actions could escalate tensions in Latin America and undermine regional security.”

On December 11, Putin had Maduro on the phone: ”Vladimir Putin expressed solidarity with the people of Venezuela and reaffirmed his support of the policies of the Maduro government aimed at protecting national interests and sovereignty amid growing external pressure.”

On January 3, 2026, Maduro, who had praised Putin so well and named Russia “a key power of humanity”, was taken out by a successfully performed SMO, with that “key power of humanity” sitting idle and watching.

The question remains: If, like the Putin-propagandists want us to believe, their hero did deliver Venezuela with sophisticated weapons to blow the US out of the way, where were these marvellous Kremlin Wonderweapons (TM) on the morning of January 3rd?
Well… ”that backing now seems to be largely symbolic, with statements being given in support rather than concrete military or financial aid”.

Maybe, like in Syria, they have never been there (or out of the range of use for the army)?

”As to the extent of Moscow’s support for Venezuela, well, honestly, I don’t know the answer to that, and there is conflicting information on it. There were probably some old Russian weapons systems in Venezuela, but I strongly doubt that there were any serious deliveries since the SMO started, if for no other reason than that we know that Russia didn’t supply its other supposed allies with the equipment that they needed (see Syria, Lebanon, Iran) and because Russia was embroiled in a war and probably wouldn’t have had weapons to spare.”

To summarize:
Based on undeniable facts, I suppose it is valid to say, like a friend did recently, that Putin is betraying one ally after the other – selling them at the lowest price or no price at all to the enemies of Russia.

Hence, I agree with those who, in my view, rightfully and fact-based, conclude that ”Putin was never anti-NATO. He did everything in his power to destroy anyone who was anti-NATO within Russia. He tried to open an actual NATO military base in Russia. This is not the behavior of a Russian patriot, but of an appointed ruler of a satrapy i.e., an occupation government.”

Maybe this is the reason he had pulled all troops out of Venezuela back in 2019?

But let us wait for the next chance given to Putin to finally become what the notorious army of well-paid Kremlin-speakers in the West have claimed for about two decades: that Putin is a true Russian patriot and devout Orthodox Christian hero fighting against evil and building a just multipolar order against the unipolarity of the Western hegemon.

The fact that Putin has never acted as russian patriot nor as an orthodox Christian but as a clever agent of alien forces and interests, has yet never irritated the staunch believers and paid propagandists.

Presumably, that next chance for Putin to prove his true colors will be Iran (again):
Zion and its vassals – first and foremost that one at the White House – will not rest until Tehran and all Iranian assets are in their hands – and the Iranian national bank in the hands of the Rothschild dynasty that holds already almost all central banks in the world.

Failed with Syria and Venezuela, with Iran, could Putin now demonstrate what an ally is, stuff that country with sophisticated defense and attack weapons (of which, allegedly, Russia has developed the very best), install some ‘Oreshnik’ missiles to allow Iran to turn Tel Aviv into rubble. Putin could even set up some nukes, of which everyone knows that Iran has none. Besides appropriate military support, Putin could also initiate a political and diplomatic force de frappe against Western terror.

As yet, nothing has been started by him other than empty talk.

The events unfolding, however, seem to indicate that Putin could be great again at betrayal and servitude to his masters:
”Meanwhile, real stuff is happening in and around Iran. Stuff that indicates that we are very, very close to the start of the Judeo-Anglo operation to topple the government and begin a civil war there. The Russian Embassy in Israel has already evacuated its personnel, anticipating light showers in response to the next bombing campaign over Tehran.”

If Putin does not know about the plan, how does he withdraw his diplomatic staff from a potential war zone, like he had withdrawn his military from Venezuela?

And, yes, in 2025, Putin has inked such a ”Treaty on the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation” with Iran, too…

Stefan H. Heuer, M.A.
Historian, born in 1964, has worked as a lecturer in adult education and, among others, in Human resources development for a US-American company in Germany.

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