Felon’s ‘Plan’ for Venezuela Not Popular: Reuters

By Michael Woyton

Only one third of Americans are OK with the United States’ military action in Venezuela which saw the toppling of President Nicolás Maduro’s regime.

According to a poll conducted over the past weekend by Reuters and Ipsos, almost three quarters of Americans are worried the U.S. will become too involved in the South American country.

Reuters/Ipsos poll: Are you concerned the US will get too involved in Venezuela?Yes 72% No 25%

Poll Tracker 📊 (@polltracker.bsky.social) 2026-01-05T19:04:40.648Z

Not surprisingly, 65 percent of Republicans back the military operation, as opposed to 11 percent of Democrats and 23 percent of independents.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll also found that a little less than half — 43 percent — of Republicans agreed with the statement that the “United States should have a policy of dominating affairs in the Western Hemisphere.”

Dig into the poll numbers here. They also show the president’s approval rating ticking up to 42 percent from 39 percent in December, but that is before people will eventually realize that he doesn’t really have a plan to deal with the aftermath of Maduro.

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Speaking of the Epstein files, which still haven’t been fully released:

If I’m Denmark, I’m hacking the Epstein files and releasing everything

Sarah Rose (@thesarahrose.bsky.social) 2026-01-05T23:40:14.430Z

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as always, has her finger on Dear Leader’s blood-thinned pulse. She said his road to Greenland “leads to Putin”:

Pelosi on Trump's flirtation with taking Greenland: "This road leads to Putin."

The Briefing with Jen Psaki (@briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social) 2026-01-07T03:02:02.313Z

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Is this Dear Leader’s plan?

My editorial cartoon for Tuesday's Metro

Guy Venables (@guyvenables.bsky.social) 2026-01-05T14:56:49.170Z

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Published by Michael Woyton

Michael Woyton is an award-winning journalist who covered municipalities and school districts for the Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal and local and regional news in the Hudson Valley for Patch Media.

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