The president’s UN speech articulated his second-term foreign policy in its purest form to date. The post Trump to World: ‘To the Victor Belong the Spoils’ appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Trump to World: ‘To the Victor Belong the Spoils’ The president’s UN speech articulated his second-term foreign policy in its purest form to date. Photo by Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images The UN is, if not quite a punchline, at least not an institution with oodles of heft in 2026. Maybe it never was, really; as far as preventing international conflict goes, it was broken to begin with . At the same time, the leader of the free world showing up to the body’s annual General Assembly and going on one about the various wars he has…Open
It will be the first time that Trump and interim President Delcy Rodriguez will meet since the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Nicolas Maduro.
President Trump is making plans for a first-ever meeting with Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, as early as next week, sources familiar with the discussions tell Axios. Why it matters: The potential meeting showcases the close relations between the nations under Trump. But it's also fraught with political risks that extend from Miami to Caracas. Driving the news: Trump is already planning to meet with Gulf leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York next week to discuss the Iran War, and those who know his thinking say he wants to make time for a sidelines sit-down with Rodriguez as early as Tuesday, sources said. - "Iran is tough, but Venezuela is without a doubt the president's top success and Delcy is a key to that,"…
President Trump is making plans for a first-ever meeting with Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, as early as next week, sources familiar with the discussions tell Axios. Why it matters: The potential meeting showcases the close relations between the nations under Trump. But it's also fraught with political risks that extend from Miami to Caracas. Driving the news: Trump is already planning to meet with Gulf leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York next week to discuss the Iran War, and those who know his thinking say he wants to make time for a sidelines sit-down with Rodriguez as early as Tuesday, sources said. - "Iran is tough, but Venezuela is without a doubt the president's top success and Delcy is a key to that,"…Open
Alex Saab, the Colombian businessman who served as Nicolás Maduro's top financial operative, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to launder money in a Miami federal court, nearly three years after the Biden administration pardoned him and sent him back to Venezuela. Saab, 54, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams. He agreed […] The post Maduro's financial fixer Alex Saab pleads guilty to money laundering after Biden pardon let him walk free appeared first on American Almanac .
Alex Saab, the Colombian businessman who served as Nicolás Maduro's top financial operative, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to launder money in a Miami federal court, nearly three years after the Biden administration pardoned him and sent him back to Venezuela. Saab, 54, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams. He agreed to forfeit $195 million and cooperate with the Department of Justice as part of the deal. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison, with a sentencing date still to be set. The plea caps a seven-year saga that spans a 2019 indictment, an arrest in Cape Verde, a presidential pardon, a hero's welcome in Caracas, and a second indictment secured in January 2026, all before federal prosecutors…Open
Alex Saab, the Colombian-born businessman U.S. officials call Nicolás Maduro's "frontman," pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to money laundering tied to a bribery scheme that looted a food program meant for Venezuela's poorest citizens. Saab, 54, entered his plea Tuesday before Judge Kathleen Williams in the Southern District of Florida on a single count […] The post Maduro's 'bag man' pleads guilty to laundering $195 million skimmed from Venezuelan food program appeared first on American Almanac .
Alex Saab, the Colombian-born businessman U.S. officials call Nicolás Maduro's "frontman," pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to money laundering tied to a bribery scheme that looted a food program meant for Venezuela's poorest citizens. Saab, 54, entered his plea Tuesday before Judge Kathleen Williams in the Southern District of Florida on a single count of money laundering. He agreed to forfeit $195 million and to cooperate with continuing federal investigations, a deal that could make him a key witness against Maduro himself, who sits in a Manhattan jail awaiting trial on drug charges after a U.S. military raid captured him in January. U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones attended the proceedings alongside more than a dozen…Open
Saab has been accused of participating in a sprawling international money laundering conspiracy involving the corruption and exploitation of a Venezuelan public welfare program.
U.S. taxpayers funded aid that vanished, and the U.N. body meant to safeguard it handed its criminal findings to Nicolás Maduro's government while refusing to give American investigators the records.
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