Is it becoming fairly clear that Trump has no idea what he's doing in Venezuela?
Trump's unprecedentedly goofy kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro appears more a temper tantrum on the part of a spoiled child than the act of a statesman. There is no particular reason to think that the new President, close Maduro ally, Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez, will be any more cooperative with the US than Maduro was. On the other hand, she is probably more intelligent than Maduro, being a highly trained and fairly successful finance minister, so, actually, Trump may have done the leftist Maduro regime a bit of a favor, by giving her more power, until international pressure forces the US to release Maduro. Nor is this likely to put any pressure on Cuba, since any supposed "blockade" of Venezuela will be largely unenforceable, and they can just ship the oil through Brazil, or other countries, in any case.
This "precision military operation" does not appear to have accomplished anything of value or signficance, at all. Other than irritating people, and further convincing the world of Trump's mental instability, that is. I guess some people might think that's a good thing, right?
It's quite clear that Maduro's "trial" -- if it ever actually occurs that is -- will be more of a trial for Donald Trump, than for Nicolas Maduro. International pressure will be brought to bear, all those involved may face retaliation from countries around the world, the blatant illegality of the operation will be brought to bear, the leftist regime in Venezuela will inevitably be involved. Any such "trial", again, if it ever occurs, will be far more of a circus than legal proceeding. Of course, we're rather used to that under Trump. Trump actually appears to be more interested in discrediting the justice system itself when he goes to court, than in achieving any particular objective within it, and, he usually loses, even when judges he himself has appointed are presiding in court!
Venezuela remains totally independent, intact, and inviolable, whatever Trump may say to the contrary, or attempt to imply with stunts like the Maduro kidnapping. Trump hasn't the forces, the support, the means, or the technology to actually defeat the Maduro regime. Stunts of this type are all he can achieve, and, he may be hoping more to distract Americans, or perhaps create a "rally around the flag" effect with them, than anything else. However, polling suggests that Americans have by this time learned to see through Trump's P.T. Barnum like stunts, and simply resent his attempts to distract them from reality itself.
What's the next step? With Trump, of course, one never knows, he is highly creative and extremely unpredictable, and prides himself on this fact. He may do nothing. He may do something. However, as with this act, he probably won't really do a great deal of any significance at all. He'll just talk a great deal about it, whatever he does, or, even if he does nothing whatsoever.
The real question is, how Americans will react to all this nonsense in November of the current year. Will they reward Trump for behaving like a spoiled brat, by keeping the GOP in power? Or, will Americans have had enough of Trump's tantrums and irrationality, and decide to throw the GOP out, and hope the Democrats will impeach and remove Trump and his entire cabinet, to really make America great again? While the polling moderately favors the Democrats, all analysts agree that the polls are broken. What is much more significant, is that Democrats have been massively outperforming the polls in recent elections, all over the country. And, that is why the GOP is getting very nervous these days.

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