""President Trump promised the American people he would secure our borders, confront narcoterrorism, dangerous drug cartels, and drug traffickers," the director of national intelligence wrote on X yesterday afternoon, days after the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. "Kudos to our servicemen and women and intelligence operators for their flawless execution of President Trump's order to deliver on his promise thru Operation Absolute Resolve.""
""The United States needs to stay out of Venezuela," she posted in January 2019. "Let the Venezuelan people determine their future. We don't want other countries to choose our leaders-so we have to stop trying to choose theirs." A few weeks later: "The US needs to stop using our military for regime change & stop intervening in Venezuela's military." Still later that spring: "Throughout history, every time the US topples a foreign country's dictator/government, the outcome has been disastrous. Civil war/military intervention in Venezuela will wreak death & destruction to Venezuelan people, and increase tensions that threaten our national security." She was even clear on why the U.S. kept rattling its saber at Caracas. "It's about the oil ... again," she wrote."
The director of national intelligence praised President Trump's order and credited servicemembers and intelligence operators for executing Operation Absolute Resolve that followed Nicolás Maduro's capture. Tulsi Gabbard offered only a restrained social-media comment after the raid. Gabbard previously urged the United States to stay out of Venezuela and argued that Venezuelans should determine their own future without U.S. interference. Gabbard warned that U.S.-led regime change typically yields disastrous outcomes, including civil war and death, and argued that intervention would increase threats to U.S. national security. Gabbard also attributed U.S. pressure on Caracas to oil interests.
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