Had President Donald Trump’s weekend invasion of Caracas been about freedom more than oil, Lady Liberty’s torch would have shone even brighter on Monday morning, as a helicopter carrying ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro passed her on the way from a Brooklyn jail to his first appearance in Manhattan federal court.
The Venezuelan dictator, who has served as president for nearly 13 of his 63 years, entered courtroom 26A with his bullyboy swagger restricted by shackles. He tried to play it off as if the start of 2026 had not forever altered his whole reality.
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