This Week in Politics: Venezuela, Greenland and Trump’s Slipping Mental Capacity
Timeline
0:00 – Trump speech; comments about elections and “bad” Democrats
1:18 – Long GOP messaging: only Republicans are legitimate
3:49 – January 6 as outgrowth of election-denial logic
4:55 – White House reframes/blames Democrats for Jan. 6
5:34 – Claim: administration dismantling post-WWII system
9:25 – 25th Amendment mentioned; focus shifts to Trump’s competence
13:00 – Venezuela: uncertainty about what actually happened
14:19 – Pressure on Maduro; strike/capture described
16:29 – Trump says U.S. will “run Venezuela”; aides walk it back
17:36 – Argument: strike backfires and strengthens regime
20:06 – Broader thesis: abandoning rules-based international order
22:26 – Greenland/resources; great-power “take what you can” mindset
26:08 – Warning: carve-ups risk wider war (Ukraine/Taiwan precedent)
29:45 – Call to action: public pressure + Republicans must stop this
