Venezuela People Power Strategy is the only viable path forward after the successful extraction of Nicolás Maduro, according to Frank Gaffney.
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This clip aired on January 3, 2026. Transcript begins below and may contain minor errors.
GAFFNEY: The people of Venezuela, not American troops, are the only way forward.
STEVE BANNON (HOST): There’s a lot of confusion out there. People are saying President Trump is not afraid of putting boots on the ground. If you had one recommendation for the president, the commander in chief, right now, given this enormously successful extraction of Maduro, which nobody in a million years could have imagined happening so perfectly, we’ve got about a minute. What would you recommend to the president, Marco Rubio, and Pete Hegseth?
FRANK GAFFNEY (GUEST): Right now, I would recommend they go with the team that won the election, the team that represents the people of Venezuela, and that is not implicated in the very odious activities of the previous regime. There’s going to need to be a house cleaning. Short of American occupation forces, which I don’t think anyone has in mind, the people of Venezuela are our best hope.
We need people power to demonstrate against these cartels and against the foreign enemies of the United States. That, I believe, is the way forward. I hope that’s what we wind up supporting intensively as a country.
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