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When Sen. Rand Paul took to television to lecture the White House about being careful around Venezuela, he forgot one simple thing: American families are dying from drugs that trace back to that failed regime, and timid rhetoric won’t stop the flow. Rep. Greg Steube, appearing on Newsmax’s National Report, rightly pushed back against Paul’s hand-wringing and defended the president’s campaign to pressure Caracas until its criminal networks are dismantled. Steube’s message was clear to hardworking Americans — weakness only emboldens tyrants and traffickers, and someone in Washington has to act.
President Trump’s operation in the Caribbean isn’t theatre; it’s targeted pressure — strikes on drug-running vessels, seizures of sanctioned tankers, and a visible U.S. presence that tells smugglers they no longer have free rein. That hard-nosed approach is already disrupting the criminal pipelines that bankroll Maduro’s tyranny and flood our cities with poison. Conservatives who understand national security know that enforcing sanctions and targeting narco-traffickers is patriotic and necessary, not reckless.
Greg Steube’s defense of the president reflects common-sense conservatism: protect Americans first, use the tools of statecraft decisively, and refuse to indulge moral equivalency toward dictators. Steube and other GOP voices on Newsmax made the obvious point — complaining about “regime change” while ignoring Venezuela’s role in regional narco-terrorism is a luxury America cannot afford. Americans deserve leaders who will secure our borders and choke off the cash that props up violence, not armchair theorists who put procedure ahead of results.
Make no mistake, this is about more than oil or PR; it’s about national security and saving American lives from fentanyl and cartel violence. The Trump administration’s pressure campaign is a strategic enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine and a legitimate effort to break the financial spine of a Marxist regime that sponsors criminal networks. Republicans who refuse to stand behind decisive action hand Democrats and leftist apologists the moral high ground they don’t deserve.
Rand Paul’s objections about war powers and escalation sound noble until you remember his rhetoric leaves our ports, our children, and our streets vulnerable to the consequences of inaction. Constitutional questions about Congress and force deserve debate, but lecturing the White House while drug deaths climb and ships sail unchallenged looks a lot like putting ideology above security. If the left is going to accuse Trump of overreach, they should be honest about their real offense: refusing to confront the criminal regimes that harm Americans every day.
Patriots should back leaders who put American safety first, not those who excuse or delay enforcement for the sake of abstract purity. The House’s pushback against efforts to tie the president’s hands shows the country understands leadership when it sees it — a willingness to act against narco-terror and tyranny to protect our people. Stand with Steube, stand with the president, and demand results from Washington: secure our borders, choke cartel cash, and restore peace to neighborhoods ravaged by drugs.
