It's been a whirlwind start to 2026. The United States is actively working to run Venezuela after bombing the country and capturing its leader, Nicolas Maduro. 

But we didn't do it for democracy or drugs or security. We did it for oil, at least according to the president. 

Grant explains how the strike in Venezuela happened, what the White House is saying happens next, and the plan to remake the world the president is has that's right out of a playbook we haven't seen since the 1800s. 

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