Trump Signals Wider Military Action After Venezuelan Raid

Donald Trump has hinted that the U.S. strike to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro may only be the beginning — openly threatening several other nations as he returned to Washington from Florida.

Fresh off the shock operation in Caracas that captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, Trump issued warnings stretching across Latin America and beyond, suggesting the U.S. may expand its military footprint if regimes or criminal networks defy Washington.

He took direct aim at Colombia, branding President Gustavo Petro a “sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States,” and when asked whether a U.S. military move against Colombia was on the table, Trump coolly replied: “It sounds good to me.”

Mexico was next in his crosshairs. Trump blasted the country’s leadership for failing to rein in powerful cartels, warning:

“We’re going to have to do something. We’d love Mexico to do it … but unfortunately the cartels are very strong.”

He then turned to Cuba, predicting the communist government was on the verge of collapse:

“Cuba looks like it’s ready to fall. I don’t know if they’re going to hold out,”
while ally Senator Lindsey Graham chimed in that Cuba’s days “are numbered.”

Trump even revived his long-standing ambition to acquire Greenland, declaring the icy Danish-ruled territory strategically vital:

“We need Greenland, from the standpoint of national security.”

In the Middle East, Trump warned Iran that any violent crackdown on its ongoing protests would trigger a severe response:

“If they start killing people like they have in the past, I think they’re going to get hit very hard by the United States.”

The weekend Venezuelan raid has already rattled global politics. Supporters in the U.S. and parts of Latin America hailed it as decisive leadership against a corrupt regime — but Mexico, Colombia, and others condemned the action as reckless escalation.

For Trump, however, the operation appears to be the blueprint rather than the conclusion. The message was unmistakable: Washington is prepared to act unilaterally — across multiple continents — if it decides a regime, cartel or foreign power threatens U.S. interests.

The comments landed like diplomatic shockwaves, raising the specter of a far broader confrontation stretching from the Caribbean to the Middle East… and even the Arctic.

Key Takeaways

• Trump hinted Venezuela may be the start, not the end, openly floating potential U.S. military action against Colombia, warning Mexico over cartels, and predicting Cuba’s collapse.

• He expanded his rhetoric globally, reviving calls to annex Greenland and threatening Iran with severe retaliation if protests are violently suppressed.

• The Venezuelan operation has fractured international reaction, winning support among some U.S. conservatives while triggering alarm and condemnation from neighboring governments.

SOURCE: THE HILL

Rubio has hated Cuba seemingly forever and will push to do as much harm there as possible. Venezuela has been the foreplay.

I think he is just showing his importance. I don't think there are plans for other military actions, there seems to be no plan at all.

Nobody seems to care that Trump has committed an international war crime on more than one occasion, not to mention the fact that he doesn't respect the requirements of the US constitution, which forbids acts of war without just cause. For you Trump supporters, please note that another nation possessing a lot of oil is NOT just cause. Trump is CLEARLY insane, and needs to be removed from office for the sake of the planet...he's apparently hell bent on recreating the scenario set out in Orwell's 1984, and that's bad craziness.

Send in The Marines. 😂

Trump needs to man up and prove that the US can compete against a peer superpower. Come on Donald, send Delta Force into Moscow and kidnap Vladimir Putin.
Do it man. Show those Red Communist Ruskies some of that Peace Through Strength that you used to knock over a third-world country like Venezuela. Ok - you're afraid to do that I imagine. Well, send in Seal Team 6 to kidnap Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Come on good man, you should be able to knock over a weak little country like Iran. All it is is rocks and deserts and a few cruddy little missiles that the most fantastic and superior American engineering that money (and massive cost overruns) can buy in the form of Patriot and THAAD missile systems - American superior technical MIGHT will knock those cheap Iranian missiles out of the air as easy as pie.. Donald my man - show the entire world the US' Peace Through Strength model is the cat's meow of Geo-Political power and it's how America now making "War Is Peace" all over the world. Too much to bite off right now? No problem - start with knocking over Denmark and taking Greenland and work your way up to Iran, Russia, and China. You've got them shivering in their boots and peeing their pants. Everyone knows that the Danes took Greenland from the United States and they need to give it back immediately.