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“After removing President Nicolas Maduro from power, the Trump administration is gambling that it can intimidate the Venezuelan leader’s inner circle into toeing the U.S. line with threats of further…
President Trump reaffirmed to The Atlantic that Venezuela may not be the last country subject to American intervention: “We do need Greenland, absolutely.” Save to Favorites
President Trump issued a not-so-veiled threat against the new Venezuelan leader, Delcy Rodríguez, saying that “if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price,…
President Trump said his administration will likely discuss the situation in Cuba, which he described as a “failing” nation, the Miami Herald reports. Said Trump: “I think Cuba is going…
The Telegraph: “In a meeting room in Doha, some 7,500 miles from Caracas, officials were busy discussing the future of Venezuela without Nicolás Maduro, its dictator.” “A senior member of…
Venezuela’s military accused U.S. forces of killing members of President Nicolás Maduro’s security detail “in cold blood” before seizing the embattled leader and his wife in a pre-dawn raid in…
A CBS News poll last month found that 70% of Americans oppose U.S. military action in Venezuela and that only 13% believe the country is a major threat to the…
President Trump is once again bragging that he “aced” a cognitive test — for the third straight time, no less. Which, of course, raises a more important question: why is…
President Trump “posted pictures of his braintrust orchestrating the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro inside a Mar-a-Lago war room — and many social media users noticed something in the…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said that the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife “doesn’t serve the American people,” The Wrap reports. Said Greeme: “We…
James Fallows: “There are some wars that countries rush into because they must, without extensive ‘day after’ planning. For the US, that could mean Fort Sumter in 1861, or Pearl…
“Marco Rubio has held many titles during Donald Trump’s presidency. He may have just acquired his most challenging one yet: Viceroy of Venezuela,” the Washington Post reports. “The secretary of…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested that Cuba could be the next target of U.S military operations, the New York Times reports. Said Rubio: “The Cuban government is a huge…
“Congressional Democrats said they were still being kept in the dark on Sunday, with no information provided to them by the Trump administration about the dramatic military action to capture…
Rachel Bade: “The stunning press conference was a reminder that Trump doesn’t give a fig about conventional wisdom or the general consensus of the day. He trusts his own political…
Will Saletan: “The reasons he listed for toppling Venezuela’s Maduro apply just as well to many other governments.” Save to Favorites
CBS News: “Denmark on Sunday made its displeasure known after the wife of one of President Trump’s most influential aides posted a social media picture of Greenland painted in the…
“The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret U.S. raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what…
“Democrats enter the 2026 midterm campaigns hoping history is on their side, but confronting a Senate map that is not,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Republicans regained control of the…
“President Trump’s declaration on Saturday that the United States planned to ‘run’ Venezuela for an unspecified period, issuing orders to its government and exploiting its vast oil reserves, plunged the…
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
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