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EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning sign of CATASTROPHIC division at the highest levels of the Trump administration, Vice President JD Vance was DELIBERATELY EXILED and HIDDEN from the public during the historic capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. While President Trump touted the daring raid, his own Vice President was BANNED from the victory lap, forced to watch by grainy video feed from a THOUSAND MILES AWAY.
Insiders reveal a SHOCKING new protocol: Trump and Vance are now RESTRICTED from appearing together outside the White House due to “security concerns,” a thinly-veiled excuse that has Washington whispering about a fractured presidency and a Vice President deemed a LIABILITY. Was Vance, a known skeptic of foreign intervention, SIDELINED because he OPPOSED the risky mission?
While Secretary of State Marco Rubio and War Secretary Pete Hegseth basked in the spotlight at Mar-a-Lago, Vance was shuffled back to Cincinnati—a DELIBERATE and PUBLIC SNUB. This isn’t just protocol; it’s a RAW DISPLAY of power, revealing a White House where the second-in-command is treated as a POTENTIAL SECURITY THREAT rather than a trusted partner.
The administration claims the move was to avoid tipping off Maduro, but sources close to the situation describe a DEEP-SEATED RIFT over America’s new era of military intervention. Vance’s past leaked messages criticizing Trump’s strikes now haunt the West Wing, exposing an administration at WAR WITH ITSELF even as it wages war abroad.
TRUMP VOWS US WILL ‘RUN’ VENEZUELA UNTIL ‘SAFE’ TRANSITION OF POWER
Now, as U.S. troops dig into Venezuelan soil with no exit plan, a terrifying question emerges: If the President doesn’t trust his own Vice President in a moment of TRIUMPH, who CAN he trust? The glaring empty space beside Trump wasn’t an accident—it was a DECLARATION. The real capture wasn’t just Maduro; it was the NEUTERING of the American Vice Presidency.
This is the chilling reality of power in 2026: victories are celebrated by a chosen few, and dissent is exiled to a secure video line. America is running Venezuela, but who is running America? The command structure is compromised, and the man a heartbeat away is being kept at arm’s length. This isn’t just security—it’s the slow, silent COUP of a vice president.
Edited for Kayitsi.com




