The White House ignited backlash on Monday when it took to social media to brag that President Donald Trump stands with Venezuelans and democracy after greenlighting a midnight mission to capture strongman Nicolás Maduro and bring him to the United States to face trial.

Maduro was seized in Caracas in a U.S.-led military-law enforcement operation and flown to New York, where he was in federal custody on narco-terrorism and drug-trafficking charges. He and his wife, Cilia Flores, were brought under tight security to court, where both pleaded not guilty. Maduro insisted he remains Venezuela’s legitimate president.

On Monday, the White House took to its official X account to declare, "For the record, PRESIDENT TRUMP stands with the Venezuelan people and for democracy."

Attached to the post were four images of what the White House labeled as "Democrat hypocrisy on Maduro." One featured a newspaper clipping of the Biden administration raising the bounty on Maduro to $25 million, and another was posted by Biden accusing Trump of "talk[ing] tough" on Venezuela, but actually admir[ing] thugs and dictators."

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