Inside Venezuela: Public Reaction With Román Camacho & Will Trump Invade Greenland? | Jan. 5, 2026

Hey Bill O'Reilly here. Welcome to the No Spin News, Monday January 5th, 2026. Happy New Year, stand up for your country. I thought we might get away with the Christmas break without any news intrusion. No. But it was the last two days when President Trump decided to remove the Venezuelan dictator, Nicolas Maduro, using US military forces to do so. I right away was on News Nation with Leland Vitter that Saturday night because I was so furious about the initial reporting done by the American press,

which is essentially dishonest as you know, but it wasn't so much they were dishonest. Yes, anything Trump does, they don't like, we know that, but they had no idea what was happening, none, or why it was happening and they didn't know anything. So I did slap the suit and makeup on, went on NewsNation and we have

posted it on BillOReilly.com, my segment with Leland Vitter for premium and concierge members. Another reason why I hope you consider joining our club there. Because you got the best information, lightning speed speed all right and why you're wasting or we I'm involved with this because I was watching other news agencies and I'm just I was yelling as a television said yeah you don't know what you're talking about and as you know I have experience

reporting from Latin America anyway tonight we're going to give you every bit of what happened and why it happened and that is the subject of this evening's Talking Points memo. Plus we're going to take you to Caracas. We have a guest, a journalist, who's on the ground there. So we have, once you get through with us you'll know what's going on. Number one, US Special Forces descended into Caracas,

Venezuela at 1 a.m. on Saturday morning, 2 a.m. Caracas time, we're an hour ahead of us. They targeted Maduro and his wife, who were in a military compound outside of Caracas, in so-called safe place. And it wasn't safe because the deal was made before the U.S. Delta Force went in with the CIA that the Venezuelan military would not protect the dictator Maduro. Okay? Venezuelan military would not protect the dictator Maduro. Okay.

That deal was already made and they did. There were no US casualties. There was no police intrusion on the part of Venezuelan government. Nothing. So they sold Maduro out. They snatched him, put him on a helicopter. He went to the USS Iwo Jima, which was off the coast of Venezuela, transferred to a military transport place,

took him to New York State, where he is incarcerated in Brooklyn, and today pled not guilty to narcotics charges and a whole bunch of other stuff that the Justice Department alleges. Now, Maduro obviously is entitled to his day in court. Due process extends to him. But he will be found guilty. The evidence is overwhelming against him. You have to remember that the American CIA is all

over the place in Venezuela, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico. They know what's going on. And right now the CIA is essentially running Venezuela from the American embassy in Caracas. There is no American ambassador. Okay, CIA is calling the shots in association with the Venezuelan military. That's why you don't have any kind of crazy chaos going on there. Not to say that bad things might unfold in the future, but right now, no U.S. casualties. New York Times reported there were some Venezuelan casualties but nobody else has reported that.

Though I don't know what's true and what isn't. I'm certainly not going to trust the New York Times.

Okay, who is Nicolas Maduro? Well, he was a corrupt politician friends with Hugo Chavez, the communist who took over the Venezuelan government. Chavez died in March of 2013. Maduro was vice president. He just took the government over. Maduro effectively wiped out any political opposition, so he was elected and reelected. The whole game that has been going on in South America since World War II. You just shun the opposition.

Anybody who opposes you, you throw into jail. You terrorize the people and you run the country. That's what they do in Cuba. Okay? And I can give you 20 other South American countries where that has happened.

That's what Maduro was doing. But, and if you don't believe me, all you gotta do is go to Amnesty International, the furthest left organization on the planet, they document all of Maduro's suppression of freedom in Venezuela. Amnesty International documents it.

Now the crazy liberals in the Democratic Party, they don't even know that. So they got Maduro. He's here, he pleads not guilty, the process goes forward. What is going to happen is exactly what happened to Manuel Noriega in Panama in 1989. So then, President Bush the elder moved 27,000 US troops into Panama, snatched Noriega, took him to Miami where he spent 40 years for narcotics trafficking. Noriega sold Panama to the drug cartels, Bush removed him. Now there wasn't any reporting Saturday night on that is exactly the same. Exactly.

All you heard was War Powers Act this, War Powers Act that. Now to get more specific, because we need you, the American person, voter, to understand. The syndicate that Maduro allegedly worked with

is called Cartel de las Solas. S-O-L-E-S. Okay. In the summer, and again in November, the Trump administration designated Cartel de las Solas as a terrorist group.

That means under American law, we can use American military people to attack that cartel, just as we did to attack Soleimani. Remember that? We've taken him out, the Iranian henchmen, and ISIS, and Osama Bin Laden. There's no War Powers Act. It was basically okay, President's authority, if he deems a group to be terrorists,

to attack them. We all understand that. Apparently the Democrats don't. Okay. And I don't want thing, but it's absurd. It's insane. Now, what happened in Panama is what they call precedent. So if the Democratic Party does anything legally, the Supreme Court is going to say, no, there's been precedent since 9-11 and then before, since 1989. The American president has the power to protect this country. He does not have to consult with Congress on every action. In fact, how could you possibly consult with Congress on bombing the Iranian nuclear facility or snatching Maduro? We have a weak debate on Maduro? Like

he's not gonna know what you're doing? That puts American military lives in danger. All right, doesn't matter. None of this matters to the Democratic Party or the media that supports it. Roll the tape.

And I think that's why a War Powers resolution is absolutely necessary right now to debate.

I directly asked Secretary of State Rubio whether the administration would come to Congress and basically ask permission of Congress, which is consistent with the Constitution

and the War Powers Act.

We need to have the War Powers Acts put into place so that anything that happens requires approval of Congress?

No, it's not going to happen. The War Powers Act basically says that if you declare war, you got 60 days to bring that declaration for congressional approval. Okay. But we haven't declared war on Venezuela. All right. We arrested a alleged criminal that was hurting our national security by allowing tons of cocaine to be smuggled in here. That's what we did.

Now, the worst, and I mean absolute worst, politician in this country today is Senator Charles Schumer, the minority leader. This guy is an amazing hypocrite. The Biden administration designated $25 million reward for the abduction of Nicholas Maduro. Did you know that?

The Biden administration said, we'll pay you 25 million if you can get Maduro and bring him up here. Did Schumer say a word?

No.

Did you know it? No, you didn't. And if you did, write to me, bill at billoriley.com and tell me how you knew it because it wasn't reported. All right, so Schumer shows up

with that nitwit George Stephanopoulos, who I just crucified today on message of the day on billoriley.com. This guy is so ridiculous, I don't even have the words anymore. Anyway, the two of them are on the Sunday show go you heard Secretary Rubio

He says the United States has the authority to do what they're doing. They do not they do not why not? He couldn't even answer your question. They there is no authority to go. They did not just do ships off the water They went inside Venezuela bombed civilian as well as military places and it's a violation of the law to do what they did without getting the authorization of Congress.

That's just false. Now he's either too stupid to understand that or he's lying. And I don't know of any action to bomb civilians in Venezuela. It certainly hasn't been reported. Now Schumer did the exact same thing in the Iran bombing, almost word for word. What happened there? Nothing. Nothing. And how did that turn out? Schumer said it was going to lead to a, quote, wider war when Trump bombed the

Iranian nuclear facility last summer. Did it lead to a wider war? No. In fact, Iran's on the verge of collapse right now. So do you think Schumer might temper? No. Because human my temper no he didn't care he doesn't care about you or me or the country he is a fanatical left-wing person at this point in his career it's just stunning really is this will never get to the Supreme Court but if it did they would they just throw it out in a heartbeat okay so in 2020 when Trump was running against Biden, we'll go

way back then, Schumer wanted Maduro removed. Roll it. He hasn't brought an end to the Maduro regime. The Maduro regime is more powerful today and more entrenched today

than it was when the president began. Schumer wanted him out and he was criticizing Trump for not getting him out. I mean talk about a colossal... I have never, I have to tell you this, I've been doing this, you know, more than 30 years now, news analysis and reporting more than 50. I've never seen a more irresponsible politician ever than Charles Schumer. And that goes back to Civil War days.

I mean, this man, he just lies to you. And that's why the Democratic Party has no credibility whatsoever That's why even if the economy doesn't surge this year Republicans might still hold on because the Democrats are so bad because they're led by Charles Schumer. He's the most powerful Democrat in the country Okay Let's sum all this up

So the action that the Trump administration took was legal. There is precedent. Maduro will be convicted. He will never see freedom again. Noriega got 40 years, Maduro will probably get 40. His wife will get 10 or 15.

She went along with it, but she's not the threat. I don't know what's going to happen inside Venezuela, no one can predict that. I have a guest coming up very shortly who's going to give us his opinion, but I don't

know.

I don't think we should have American military presence walking around that country, but certainly we should, we being the American government, oversee Venezuela's to temporarily stabilize the situation and set up free elections. CIA is perfectly capable of doing that, And I would assume they will do it. But I don't expect any kind of Iraq action or Afghanistan where these fanatical people are trying to hurt United States troops.

I don't foresee that. If I'm wrong, I'll obviously report I'm wrong. And that's the memo. If you had one holiday wish, would you wish to be debt free? Well, I may have a solution for you. Before year end, credit card and loan companies close out their books, meaning lenders might be able to open negotiations, which gives you leverage leverage and done with debt Knows how to use that to negotiate hard on your behalf

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Donald Trump's actions in Venezuela do not make Americans safer, stronger, or more affordable. Maduro is a brutal illegitimate dictator that does not change the fact that this action was both unlawful and unwise. We've seen this movie before. Wars for regime change or oil that have sold his strength but turned into chaos, the American families pay the price." Okay, I don't see any chaos my family isn't Being damaged by this is your family being damaged by this I

Don't see that Okay, Kamala Harris. So what is your solution to the drug cartel problem? Madam Vice President. What is it? What would you do? Nothing.

Biden helped the drug cartels and you went along with it. You told the people on the view, I wouldn't change anything. President Biden helped the international drug merchants, helped them by having the open border. Then Kamala Harris said, oh yeah, it's okay with me. But now, now, no, no, no, no,

American families are paying the price for snatching Maduro. How? How, how am I family paying a price? I think the region's gonna be much better off without Maduro.

And his pal over in Colombia better watch his butt too because he played the same game. Both Maduro and the Colombian guy took vast amounts of money according to the Justice Department from the drug cartels to let them operate openly. It just really, you know, I'm trying to make this as vivid as I can and it's not a political screed.

It is telling you what the reality is in this country. So you may hate Trump's guts, but he's trying to alleviate certain problems. Harris is no solution to any problem ever. Seventy four million people voted for him. All right, let's bring in our guest, Roman Camacho from Caracas, Venezuela. Mr. Camacho is a very brave man, and he won't tell you that, but I will.

He's an honest journalist in a country that's corrupt. He's been put into prison for things he said. But we wanted his eyes and ears on the ground. So first of all, the people that you have spoken with in the last 48 hours, are they angry that Maduro has been kidnapped by U.S. forces?

Well, there are two sides of this story. We have Venezuelans that are afraid to go out to the streets and celebrate, and we also see people that are rallying against Trump's administration, and they want their president back. So we have both sides. Yesterday, I spoke to at least three people in a rally

that was in the downtown Caracas next to the presidential palace, and they want their president back. Even one of them was a colectivo, one of the armed forces of the government that protects the revolution. And he said that if he could be able to go to the United States and take justice by himself against Donald Trump, he will do it. So they're very angry about what happened

here in Venezuela. And a lot of people are also afraid and don't want to show any, they don't want to celebrate, they don't want to post anything on social media or even on their status update on WhatsApp.

So there are fear and also there are some people very angry.

Okay, do you have a prevailing wisdom here? So we understand there are Maduro supporters, most of those people make money off the dictatorship, they like them. And then we also understand there are people who are, you know, Venezuela is one of the poorest nations

in the hemisphere, even with all your oil. Should be a very prosperous nation at one time you were. But for the last 25 years, under the communist dictators, it has gone down and most Venezuelans live in poverty now. So I can't imagine they're big fans of Maduro. And the second question is, Mr. Camacho, why would Maduro have to fix elections, all right,

which had been documented, if he was so popular?

Well, we haven't even recovered from the 2024 election. Maria Corina Machado is in exile, and all the ballots, all the proof about this alleged fraud are abroad. So Venezuelans are also waiting for the official results here in Venezuela.

We only received like a small briefing from the electoral college. Yeah, I know. But look, if you read the Amnesty International report, you banished Maduro, banished opposing parties. Come on. I mean, you know.

Exactly.

There's no opposition right now.

Come on.

But I'm very interested in the man on the street. All right. When I went to Caracas and spent some time there, it was a dangerous city. I didn't walk around at night in Caracas. I mean, there was a lot of drug activity there, a lot of thugs there. I didn't really feel comfortable there at all.

And with the economic profile of your country, I can't imagine that people wouldn't say this is a good thing, but I'm trying to get your assessment. Do you think most Venezuelans are happy that Maduro is gone?

Well, you could say that because you also seen the demonstration abroad, but in Venezuela you cannot say that. At least you talk to some people and with your neighbors and with your friends and you you'll know that they're happy with the decision, but they cannot show it.

That's the truth. I got it. I got it. That's the truth. I got it, I got it. But just to put this into context, the Venezuelan community, the largest in the USA, is located in West Dade County, just west of Miami. And they've been there for quite some time, but they're middle-class people. They're like the Cubans who fled from Castro.

They came over here because they were getting brutalized by Maduro and Chavez so they got out of there. So they they're not looking at it. They're look they hate them. But they are very very happy. But I'm just wondering if people walking around today in Caracas and now Maduro is gone and his crew is never coming back, whether they feel relief. I understand they're afraid. I understand they can't go out and say that. That's why we have you on. Okay, and you have to watch what you say too.

But do you really believe that your friends, your family, people, you know, they really wanted to continue with Maduro? Do you really believe most Venezuelans wanted to continue with this guy?

No, no, most Venezuelans doesn't want to continue with Maduro. They want a new government. They want an alternate government here in Venezuela. They want new faces, new ideas, new, you know, businesses, new everything. So for now, the problem is that, okay,

Maduro right now is in New York. He's been indicted for drug trafficking, but we still have all the structure. We have Nelson Rodriguez as president. We have

But remember the history we have all the structure I understand But remember the cia is really running that place And they made the deal as I said with the army the army was not going to intrude on this thing All right. So the army said no take them That surprised you

Well, of course it was surprising, but what surprised me the more was that most was today two journalists are being detained just for being in the streets. Other people are being harassed by the intelligence forces here in Venezuela.

So, okay. All right, there's still low- Little thugs doing that Good to know you have some you know some human rights violations in Venezuela So I don't know what's changing or how much it's gonna take us to change this

I hope it does change one final question for you the The fear level is gonna take a while to go away because once you live under a communist dictatorship, and I've been to plenty of them, and you're right, people, they don't want to be killed or banished or, you know, just got back from China and those people over there are not going to get out of line, all right, because they know what's going to happen

to them but i don't expect any anti-american displays mass uprisings against the u s a in venezuela and my wrong

no i wouldn't i don't think you're wrong uh... but first we have to do like uh... transition we cannot get my equipment on the job and on the right back in because you have to control the military forces, you have to control the militias, you also have to control some people that are part of the colectivos that they don't want another government, they just want Maduro back. So you

cannot do it at once. It's going to take a while, but it could work. Right, but I don't expect an Iraq or Afghanistan situation in Venezuela.

No, no, no, nothing like that. We wouldn't see that.

Mr. Camacho, we really appreciate you taking the time. You're a brave man, as I mentioned. If you need anything from us, you please let us know, okay?

Thank you so much, Mr. Wright.

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