Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has accused successive U.S. administrations of hypocrisy and misplaced priorities in tackling drug trafficking and foreign interventions, arguing that Washington has ignored the threat posed by Mexican cartels while pursuing regime change abroad.
In a statement released on X, Greene said her three years on the Homeland Security Committee had reinforced her belief in border security while exposing contradictions in U.S. policy.
“I’m 100% for strong, safe, secure borders and stopping narco terrorists and cartels from trafficking deadly drugs and human trafficking into America,” she wrote, citing fentanyl as the leading cause of overdose deaths.
Greene questioned why U.S. military action had focused on Venezuela rather than cartels across the southern border.
“If U.S. military action and regime change in Venezuela was really about saving American lives from deadly drugs then why hasn’t the Trump administration taken action against Mexican cartels?” she asked.
She also wondered what the moral argument against the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine is now in the light of US actions in Venezuela.
“Why is it ok for America to militarily invade, bomb, and arrest a foreign leader but Russia is evil for invading Ukraine and China is bad for aggression against Taiwan? Is it only ok if we do it?” —
Congresswoman Green also criticised the pardon of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted of trafficking cocaine, and claimed efforts to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro were driven by oil interests.
“Regime change, funding foreign wars, and Americans’ tax dollars being consistently funneled to foreign causes… while Americans are consistently facing increasing cost of living, housing, healthcare… is what has most Americans enraged,” she said.
As Maduro prepares to face trial in the United States, Greene argued that public anger at home is being fueled by rising living costs while taxpayer funds are directed abroad.
Her remarks come after Maduro was captured in Caracas during a U.S. military operation and flown to New York, where he and his wife, Cilia Flores, are being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
According to an indictment unsealed in federal court, Maduro faces charges of narco‑terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, and weapons offences.
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Meanwhile, Cuban President Miguel Díaz‑Canel condemned the operation as a violation of regional peace, accusing Washington of “state terrorism.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro urged restraint, warning against escalation, while former Bolivian leader Evo Morales denounced the capture as an imperialist assault on Venezuela’s sovereignty.
President Donald Trump has said the U.S. will temporarily “run” Venezuela during the transition and “get the oil flowing,” while Venezuela’s Supreme Court directed Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to assume acting presidential powers.
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