Rep. Greene Blasts Trump's Venezuela Operation as Betrayal of MAGA

U.S. forces conducted a large-scale military strike on Venezuela early Saturday, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flying them out of the country, President Donald Trump announced.

Trump said the operation targeted Maduro on longstanding U.S. charges of narco-terrorism and drug trafficking. He stated the U.S. would temporarily administer Venezuela pending a transition to new leadership.

Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., sharply criticized the action in a post on X, arguing it contradicted the "America First" agenda many Trump supporters believed they voted for.

Greene wrote in full:

I’ve served on the Homeland Security Committee for the past three years. I’m 100% for strong safe secure borders and stopping narco terrorists and cartels from trafficking deadly drugs and human trafficking into America."Fentanyl is responsible for over 70% of U.S. drug overdose deaths and fentanyl comes from Mexican cartels made with chemical precursors from China and trafficked across the U.S. Mexico border."Mexican cartels are primarily and overwhelmingly responsible for killing Americans with deadly drugs.

If U.S. military action and regime change in Venezuela was really about saving American lives from deadly drugs then why hasn’t the Trump admin taken action against Mexican cartels?

And if prosecuting narco terrorists is a high priority then why did President Trump pardon the former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez who was convicted and sentenced for 45 years for trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into America? Ironically cocaine is the same drug that Venezuela primarily traffics into the U.S.

The next obvious observation is that by removing Maduro this is a clear move for control over Venezuelan oil supplies that will ensure stability for the next obvious regime change war in Iran.

And of course why is it ok for America to militarily invade, bomb, and arrest a foreign leader but Russia is evil for invading Ukraine and China is bad for aggression against Taiwan? Is it only ok if we do it? (I’m not endorsing Russia or China)

Regime change, funding foreign wars, and American’s tax dollars being consistently funneled to foreign causes, foreigners both home and abroad, and foreign governments while Americans are consistently facing increasing cost of living, housing, healthcare, and learn about scams and fraud of their tax dollars is what has most Americans enraged. Especially the younger generations. Boomers and half of Gen X will cheer on neocon wars and talking points, but the other half of Gen X and majority on down see through it and hate it.

Americans disgust with our own government’s never ending military aggression and support of foreign wars is justified because we are forced to pay for it and both parties, Republicans and Democrats, always keep the Washington military machine funded and going.

This is what many in MAGA thought they voted to end."Boy were we wrong.

As the baby boomers slip away both in votes and power, the electoral future will be decided for candidates that focus on American economic populism and promising prosperity for Americans only.

As of right now, neither party is offering the solution.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., echoed concerns, stating the operation was about oil and regime change rather than drugs. She accused warned the US takeover of Venezueal is distracting from domestic issues.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., questioned the focus on oil exploitation.

Other Republicans, including Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., supported the action, citing Maduro's alleged drug-trafficking role.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the operation, saying Maduro had rejected generous exit offers.

The strike followed explosions in Caracas and drew international condemnation for violating sovereignty.

Are the neocons back in the saddle, peddling more forever wars while America burns? Is this America First—or empire first, and while we foot the bill?

MAGA wanted borders secured and endless interventions ended, but the military-industrial complex laughs last.