House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media ahead of a secure briefing about U.S. action in Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington,, D.C., U.S., Jan. 5, 2026.
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A SHADOW GOVERNMENT IS BORN. In a STUNNING display of unilateral power, President Trump has DEPLOYED U.S. forces to KIDNAP a foreign head of state, triggering a constitutional CRISIS that threatens the very foundations of American democracy. Congressional leaders were left reeling after a Monday briefing revealed the EXTRAJUDICIAL capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro—an act of WAR disguised as “law enforcement.”
Republicans, LED by House Speaker Mike Johnson, performed a shocking about-face on Congressional authority, BLINDLY DEFENDING the president’s dangerous power grab. Their rhetoric? A CHILLING justification for dictatorship. “The president has vast authorities,” Johnson declared, waving away the Constitution’s requirement for Congress to declare war. This isn’t leadership; it’s SURRENDER.
Meanwhile, Democrats are FIGHTING FOR THEIR POLITICAL LIVES, scrambling to pass a war powers resolution to halt this runaway presidency. But the math is grim. With only a handful of Republicans showing spine, Trump’s imperial presidency faces NO MEANINGFUL CHECK. His threats against Colombia, Cuba, and his obsession with acquiring Greenland reveal a TERRIFYING PATTERN of expansionist aggression.
The administration’s narrative is a FRAUD. They claim this was a simple arrest, yet they excluded key judiciary lawmakers and mobilized the FULL MIGHT of the military. This is not justice; it is a PRECEDENT for global tyranny, where ANY foreign leader deemed an enemy can be PLUCKED from their bed by American commandos. The message to the world is clear: no nation is sovereign if Trump wills it.
America now stares into the abyss of a president UNLEASHED, with a complicit Congress watching as the rule of law is OBLITERATED. This is how republics die.
Author: Kayitsi.com
