Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched Nicolás Maduro get hauled out of Venezuela like a bag of dirty laundry, and the gears immediately started turning. If the United States military is capable of swooping into Caracas, snatching a sovereign leader right from under the nose of its armed forces, and going back by happy hour for hot wings in Houston without so much as a single casualty, why can’t they extend that courtesy to a certain dictator who’s been causing so much death and misery in his country for the past three years?
Speaking to reporters in Kyiv after Operation Absolute Resolve made headlines worldwide, per AP News, Zelenskyy was asked for his reaction to the U.S. military capturing Venezuela’s president and flying him to New York to face drug trafficking charges. “Regarding Venezuela? How should we respond to this?” Zelenskyy mused, barely containing a knowing smile. “Well, what can I say is, if you can do that with dictators, then the United States knows what to do next.”
