Staff Reports
President Donald Trump’s America First foreign policy continues to unnerve adversaries like Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, spawning desperate fictions of U.S. special forces swooping in with sonic weapons and high-tech drones to topple his narco-regime. These wild tales—complete with tales of 300 guards routed by invisible helicopters—crumble under scrutiny, lacking any White House confirmation or satellite evidence, yet they reveal the mullahs’ and socialists’ fear of decisive American strength without apology.
No covert raid occurred, no sonic gadgets disabled Venezuelan troops, and Maduro remains perched in Caracas, propped by Russian arms and Chinese cash that Trump’s sanctions have steadily choked. Such sci-fi narratives mock real U.S. achievements: economic isolation that cratered Venezuela’s oil empire, sparked mass defections, and forced migrant caravans to stall, all without a single boot on foreign soil. Hollywood dreams aside, Trump’s masterstroke lies in leveraging tariffs and alliances to dismantle threats internally.
Witness “accounts” of phantom aircraft and superweapons echo Soviet-era propaganda, designed to rally Maduro’s base against the “Yanqui imperialists” while distracting from his failed utopia’s collapse—hyperinflation, blackouts, and cannibalistic gangs terrorizing streets. Credible outlets from Fox to the State Department dismiss these as disinformation, underscoring why patriots demand verified intel over viral hoaxes that embolden dictators.
Latin America’s shockwaves stem not from fictional raids but Trump’s proven deterrence: Colombia’s border fortifications, Brazil’s anti-Maduro pivot, and Sheinbaum’s Mexico conceding ground on cartels under tariff pressure. Speculation serves only the swamp’s defeatists, who crave endless wars over smart power.
Fact-checking triumphs when leaders like Trump bypass fake news with direct Truth Social dispatches, affirming that victory flows from resolve, not recklessness. Venezuela’s tyrants tremble at economic Armageddon far more than mythologized commandos—proof positive that peace through strength reshapes hemispheres without firing a shot.
