I n this lightly edited transcript of The Daily Blast, Greg Sargent interviews Norm Eisen about the U.S. operation that seized Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the United States for trial. Sargent frames the action as an undeclared, unconstitutional war that violates international law, and uses Marjorie Taylor Greene’s public criticism to argue MAGA’s “anti-war” branding is collapsing. Eisen agrees, casting the operation as corruption-enabled adventurism tied to oil, and he describes legal and political responses Democrats could pursue.

“It’s an undeclared and unprovoked war and it violates international law.” Greg Sargent, describing the Maduro seizure. “We haven’t seen anything like this in modern American history. It violates the Constitution.” Norm Eisen, reacting to the operation. “By removing Maduro, this is a clear move for control over Venezuelan oil supplies.” Marjorie Taylor Greene, quoted by Sargent. “ [N]obody supports Maduro, nobody likes Maduro, but you’ve got to deal with Maduro in a legal way.” Norm Eisen, arguing process matters even for a widely reviled leader. “We’ve embarked on a series of over 235 legal actions and matters to push back on Donald Trump’s illegality.” Norm Eisen, describing his group’s broader litigation posture.

MTG’s anti-war broadside over Trump’s Maduro seizure accidentally says the quiet part out loud: this wasn’t “America First” so much as “oil and leverage first”. A Daily Blast transcript shows MAGA’s foreign-policy story cracking in public. #OilThirst #VenezuelaOilWar

#US orders #strikes on sites inside #Venezuela; #Maduro declares national state of #emergency: media, GT: www.globaltimes.cn/page/202601/...

A #power #outage affected the southern area of the city, near a major military base, witnesses said.

#oilthirst #warmonger #orangemonster