{"id":2529227,"date":"2026-01-03T16:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-pissed-at-trumps-capture-of-socialist-dictator-suggests-venezuelan-americans-are-upset-as-they-celebrate\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T16:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:51:37","slug":"mamdani-pissed-at-trumps-capture-of-socialist-dictator-suggests-venezuelan-americans-are-upset-as-they-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-pissed-at-trumps-capture-of-socialist-dictator-suggests-venezuelan-americans-are-upset-as-they-celebrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani Pissed at Trump&#8217;s Capture of Socialist Dictator, Suggests Venezuelan Americans Are Upset as They Celebrate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmamdani-pissed-at-trumps-capture-of-socialist-dictator-suggests-venezuelan-americans-are-upset-as-they-celebrate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2529227&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani criticized the U.S. military&#8217;s capture of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife, calling a unilateral attack on a sovereign nation &#8220;an act of war&#8221; and a violation of federal and international law. President Donald Trump announced the raid and said Maduro and his wife would be held in federal custody in New York City. Mamdani expressed concern for the safety of New Yorkers, especially the city&#8217;s large Venezuelan community, and said his administration would monitor the situation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-says-possible-cdc-will-recommend-americans-wear-two-masks-to-protect-against-covid-19\/\" title=\"Fauci Says \u2018Possible\u2019 CDC Will Recommend Americans Wear Two Masks To Protect Against COVID-19\">issue guidance<\/a>. The mayor&#8217;s statement drew pushback on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media<\/a>, with some users celebrating Maduro&#8217;s removal and others accusing Mamdani of double standards. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer also condemned the operation as reckless without a credible plan and criticized the lack of prior congressional notification; trump defended the secrecy, saying he worried about leaks. The incident has sparked legal, political and public-safety debate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Far-left New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly pouted after the United States captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. forces snatched Maduro in a daring raid that was announced Saturday by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was briefed this morning on the U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicol&aacute;s Maduro and his wife, as well as their planned imprisonment in federal custody here in New York City,&rdquo; Mamdani <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2007513875709669540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law,&rdquo; he claimed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I was briefed this morning on the U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicol&aacute;s Maduro and his wife, as well as their planned imprisonment in federal custody here in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2007513875709669540?\">January 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Mamdani wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My focus is their safety and the safety of every New Yorker, and my administration will continue to monitor the situation and issue relevant guidance,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Several social media users panned Mamdani&rsquo;s post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Venezuelans in NY are celebrating. Unsurprising that the Communist leader of NYC is standing with his Venezuelan comrade,&rdquo; a poster named Eval Yakoby wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EYakoby\/status\/2007515254620840003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another poster noted Mamdani was happy with military action when it suited his politics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When Hamas did it on 10\/07\/2023, you thought it was a heroic and legally correct act,&rdquo; the poster <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IsraelVive1948\/status\/2007523670957113384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a fellow New York Democrat, attacked Trump&rsquo;s comment Saturday that the United States would provide stopgap leadership to operate Venezuela, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/us-strikes-venezuela-maduro-captured-january-3-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer said acting &ldquo;without a credible plan for what comes next is reckless.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The administration has assured me three separate times that it was not pursuing regime change or taking military action in Venezuela,&rdquo; Schumer said. &ldquo;Clearly, they are not being straight with Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The idea that Trump plans to now run Venezuela should strike fear in the hearts of all Americans,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;The American people have seen this before and paid the devastating price.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Schumer also complained that Congress was not notified in advance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congress has a tendency to leak,&rdquo; Trump said during a Saturday news conference.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This would not be good if they leaked, general, I think it would have been maybe a very different result,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I have to say they knew we were coming at some point, you know, we had a lot of ships out there, they sort of knew what we were. 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