Trump hints at a “second wave” after an easy Capture
Enboldened by how easy in capturing President Maduro and his wife, the United States would be thinking about a “second wave” – the Mexican president, the Colombian president, and even perhaps Panama, Canada and Greenland would come into the American fold.
The Daily Beast • January 4, 2026 ~ DailyMail
President Donald Trump has hinted that the surprise abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro may not be his last operation in Latin America.
Trump, 79, suggested on Fox & Friends Saturday that action could be taken against Mexico, an ally of the US, which he said is run by drug cartels—a similar allegation he made against Maduro and Venezuela.
When asked about Mexico by Fox’s Griff Jenkins, Trump responded that the cartels have more power than its democratically elected left-wing president, Claudia Sheinbaum, whom Trump clashed with early in MAGA 2.0 over immigration and the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico.
Trump said that Sheinbaum, 63, has rejected offers of American military aid to take action against the cartels, claiming she has told him, “No, no, no, Mr. President. No, no, no, please.”
Trump then hinted that he might order action in Mexico anyway, claiming that drugs coming over the southern border are killing Americans by the hundreds of thousands.
“Something’s going to have to be done with Mexico,” he said.
Trump said that he remains friendly with Sheinbaum and that strikes against Venezuela, which were carried out with Congressional approval, were not meant to send a message to her.
“She’s a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico,” Trump continued. “She’s not running Mexico. The cartels are running Mexico. And we could be politically correct and be nice and say, Oh yes, she is. No, no. She’s very, you know, she’s very frightened of the cartels. They’re running Mexico. And I’ve asked her numerous times, would you like us to take out the cartels?”
Jenkins, 55, suggested earlier on the program that Sheinbaum may need to be concerned.
“Trump’s message is very clear that ‘the drug trafficking must stop.’ When I hear that, I think, what must Claudia Sheinbaum, the president of Mexico, be thinking? What message does this operation potentially set up for her now?”
Jenkins noted that Sheinbaum immediately condemned Trump’s attack on Venezuela, citing the Charter of the United Nations
“The Government of Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally in recent hours by armed forces of the United States of America,” her government said in a statement.
“Based on its foreign policy principles and its pacifist vocation, Mexico makes an urgent call to respect international law, as well as the principles and purposes of the UN Charter, and to cease any act of aggression against the Venezuelan government and people.”
Jenkins asked Fox host Sean Hannity if he thinks the overnight attack in Venezuela has Sheinbaum worried.
“Do you think that she must be wondering what this all means for her?” Jenkins asked.
Hannity responded, “One hundred percent. I mean, the Mexican president, the Colombian president—I know you had the guest on who is running for Colombian president, and I think that all of those leaders have to be looking over their shoulder as far as what that means and where this goes.”
Trump revealed on the program that the US had a “second wave” ready to go early Saturday morning but did not proceed with it. With Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, already in custody, it is not clear what else American forces might have struck.
Trump noted on Fox that American forces were injured in the operation, but none were killed.
On Fox, Trump suggested that additional strikes would be carried out in Venezuela if things did not change with Maduro’s absence.
“What is the future look like for the Maduro loyalists who are still in Caracas, and I assume, have not yet fled or been removed?” asked Jenkins.
Trump responded, “Well, if they stay loyal, the future is really bad, really bad for them.”
And now consider this Prophecy
And upon thy sword shalt thou depend, entering at every place: yet thou shalt be supple and credulous, and be in subjection to thy brother; but it will be that when his sons become evil, and fall from keeping the commandments of the law, thou shalt break his yoke of servitude from off thy neck. Genesis 27:41 Jonathan
“And Esau kept hatred in his heart against Jakob his brother, on account of the order of blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, I will not do as Kain did, who slew Habel in the life (time) of his father, for which his father begat Sheth, but will wait till the time when the days of mourning for the death of my father come, and then will I kill Jakob my brother, and will be found the killer and the heir,” Genesis 27:42 Jonathan
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A Prophecy of Esau and Jacob 