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Metaphorical

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5. It doesn't

Reply to Bettie (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 12:48 PM

Jan 4

And that's the problem that Trump faces. The US does not have the authority to do what it just did. It does not have the authority to try a foreign national, especially the leader (elected or not), and the judge clearly knows that. Maduro and his wife will almost certainly be freed, at which point Trump has egg on his face.