Has Trump Proved Realists Right?

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Donald Trump's military actions against Venezuela's leadership and the violation of international law.

On January 3rd, 2026 the United States of America military, under orders from Donald Trump, captured and kidnapped Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores. Despite Maduro’s and Flores’ indictments from the US Justice Department, accusing them of narco-terrorism conspiracy, this act was, according to many observers, a clear violation of international law. The Trump administration didn’t seem to care too much about that. Despite some vague attempts to provide a leg...

People in this episode

Host: Alexis Papazoglou

Topics covered

• international law
• US foreign policy
• Venezuela
• Trump administration
• military actions

Keywords

• Trump
• Venezuela
• Nicolas Maduro
• Celia Flores
• international law
• US military
• foreign policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US Justice Department