We secondly discussed why Venezuela matters, what are the geopolitical consequences of Venezuela, the massive oil reserves, the massive gold reserves and other minerals. We talked about why Russia and China and Iran and Hezbollah were all in Venezuela. And finally, We did a very careful explanation of the legal basis, the legal authority for why President Trump had the authority to order this attack, to order this arrest. We laid it out in detail. We're seeing a lot of Democrats in the media and law professors, all of which are coming from exactly the same place, claiming this is illegal, this was a kidnapping. (01:02–01:13)
CLAIM
Asserts that there is a legal basis for President Trump to order the attack and arrest of Maduro.
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