Maduro’s Arrest Sends a Long-Overdue Message of Hope and Justice to Families |
For my family, President Donald Trump’s decisive action against Venezuela’s criminal regime was not an abstract foreign policy debate. My mother has many Venezuelan family members who lived under the fear, hunger, and brutality of Nicolás Maduro’s narco-regime.
For them, and for millions of Venezuelans inside and outside the country, President Trump’s leadership sent a long-overdue message of hope, justice, and liberation.
Peace does not come from hesitation or hollow warnings. It comes from strength backed by action. I know this because I served, and I understand how deterrence works when it is real. President Trump has put the world on notice that the United States military remains unmatched and that those who terrorize their own people, poison our communities, and destabilize our hemisphere will face consequences.
I do not speak about American military power as a theorist or a television commentator. I speak as someone who served alongside men and women trained to operate with discipline, precision, and overwhelming force. The United States military is unmatched not because of........