Trump Delivers a Well-Deserved Bitch-Slap to Venezuela's Commie-Thug Dictator Maduro

Even the WSJ calls it another WIN...

A Great Escape From Venezuela
The U.S. helps rescue four democrats from Maduro’s captivity.

By The Editorial Board
May 9, 2025 5:36 pm ET


If you’re looking for some good news in the world these days—and who isn’t?—consider the U.S.-coordinated rescue this week of four hostages held by Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. It’s an embarrassment to the regime, and a win for the Trump Administration, which took risks that Joe Biden shrank from.

Five members of Venezuela’s democratic opposition—Magalli Meda, Omar González, Pedro Urruchurtu, Claudia Macero, and Humberto Villalobos—had been working for the presidential campaign of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado last year when the regime tried to arrest them. On March 20, 2024, they took refuge in the Argentine embassy and requested safe passage out of the country under international law. The regime refused.

Ms. Machado won the July 28 presidential election in a landslide. When Argentine President Javier Milei wouldn’t call the race for the military dictatorship, Venezuela expelled the Argentine diplomats. Brazil agreed to take over the building as caretaker but later in the year its diplomats were barred from entering the premises.

The regime then laid siege to the embassy, cut electricity, and forced the occupants to ration food and water. The building became the most surveilled site in the country other than the presidential palace. Armed patrols walked the streets outside the embassy. One of the five managed to escape before this week in unknown fashion.

The State Department declined to talk about the rescue operation, but our sources say the U.S. played a significant role. It’s likely that guards around the embassy and maybe others were, er, persuaded to look the other way. There appears to have been no firefight.

Top regime enforcer Diosdado Cabello must be furious that his human bargaining chips escaped. After the escape, his goons raided Ms. Meda’s home. Mr. Cabello also claims the regime released the hostages as part of some political pact. But then why ransack Ms. Meda’s home?

Brazil said in a statement that it wasn’t involved in any deal, having tried for months to negotiate safe passage for the five. Ms. Machado told us from Caracas on Thursday that there was “absolutely no negotiation.” She called it a “precise, complex and perfectly executed operation.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the mission on X.com Tuesday, adding that “Maduro’s illegitimate regime has undermined Venezuela’s institutions, violated human rights, and endangered our regional security.” The State Department added Friday: “The Maduro regime’s vulnerability and internal weakness in its own country is clear.”

That may have the dictator sleeping with one eye open.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/hostage-...assy-526f19ab?

Great job, Marco. Well done

Trump already congratulated Marco.

Great job, Donny. No more US begging hated tinpot dictators to pump more oil.

Isn't that what Trump did with Saudi and Russia, tho? He just chose different thugs.

Meanwhile, Marco ran the hard work needed to get here folks out secretly and safely. Guy's killing it so far with all those jobs and seems like the only one producing positive results.

Isn't that what trump did with Saudi and Russia, tho? He just chose different thugs. Originally Posted by HDGristle

Correct. trump still loves him some tinpot dictators.

Isn't that what Trump did with Saudi and Russia, tho? He just chose different thugs. Originally Posted by HDGristle

Never happened, Gristle.

I seem to recall your posting some youtube vids a while ago claiming precisely the OPPOSITE. You tried to blame the spike in oil prices under Joe Biden on some "agreement" trump supposedly negotiated with the Saudis back in the pandemic days of 2020 to pump LESS oil, not more. Remember?

But let's not drift off-topic. Everyone is allowed to contradict themselves on a hooker board. No biggy.

This thread is about another foreign policy WIN for the trump team. Cue the applause!

Another foreign policy win? Lol. He needs hundreds more to even hit .500 for his career. He's still well below the Mendoza line overall.

Another foreign policy win? Lol. He needs hundreds more to even hit .500 for his career. He's still well below the Mendoza line overall. Originally Posted by tommy156

Who's Mendoza? I thought maybe he was a member of Venezuela's democratic opposition that Trump just rescued lol. I have no idea where your data comes from, but the Trump administration is sure to bat well over .500 (as tracked by objective, non-partisan foreign policy experts) before the baton gets passed (to Marco or JD) in Jan. 2029.


"The Mendoza Line in baseball refers to a batting average of .200... Named after former shortstop Mario Mendoza, who played in the MLB from 1974 to 1982, the term originated as a joke among his teammates about his struggles at the plate."

Who's Mendoza? I thought maybe he was a member of Venezuela's democratic opposition that Trump just rescued lol. I have no idea where your data comes from, but the Trump administration is sure to bat well over .500 (as tracked by objective, non-partisan foreign policy experts) before the baton gets passed (to Marco or JD) in Jan. 2029.


"The Mendoza Line in baseball refers to a batting average of .200... Named after former shortstop Mario Mendoza, who played in the MLB from 1974 to 1982, the term originated as a joke among his teammates about his struggles at the plate." Originally Posted by lustylad

Well, Tommy really doesn’t know any better. If he was talking about the Pirates lineup, he would be factual. But Trumps batting average is higher than Honus Wagners.

Another foreign policy win? Lol. He needs hundreds more to even hit .500 for his career. He's still well below the Mendoza line overall. Originally Posted by tommy156

Not hundreds. Several dozen would do.

This one is a good win for Marco, though. Only hitter in Trump's lineup that's over .500

He keeps delivering wins and unlike others he's not really botched about much because he's generally doing the hard work rather than going after the headline.

Plus, he's giddy asf to be a thorn in the aide of Maduro, as this shows.

Not hundreds. Several dozen would do.

This one is a good win for Marco, though. Only hitter in Trump's lineup that's over .500

He keeps delivering wins and unlike others he's not really botched about much because he's generally doing the hard work rather than going after the headline.

Plus, he's giddy asf to be a thorn in the aide of Maduro, as this shows. Originally Posted by HDGristle

So, you go from a late nite pizza fest with your “boys” to walking a cemetery with your mom at 6am, to church and cooking for people and the whole time you’re posting on Eccie non stop. You made a huge miscalculation, we’re not that stupid Mr Gristle. You might be. .