While half of Congress condemned President Donald Trump's capture of Nicolás Maduro on X, Never Trumpers across the country spilled out into the streets in protest of the liberation of Venezuela from a narco-terrorist dictator. As Asra Nomani pointed out, it was far from organic, unlike the Venezuelans celebrating in the streets. The anti-Trump mob was ginned up by the usual suspects, including the ANSWER Coalition, the People’s Forum, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and Code Pink, all of which put out notices of an "emergency day of action."
It wasn't just in the United States. Several countries denounced the capture of Maduro, and the European Union said that it was closely monitoring the situation. Reuters reports that Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said over the weekend that Spain would not recognize the Trump administration's action in Venezuela.
Spain will not recognize US intervention in Venezuela, PM says https://t.co/PwYQUCOWkK https://t.co/PwYQUCOWkK
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 3, 2026
We don't need Spain to recognize the intervention … it already happened without their foreknowledge.
Reuters reports:
Spain will not recognize a U.S. intervention in Venezuela that violates international law, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday, after U.S. forces captured long-serving Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an overnight operation.
"Spain did not recognize the Maduro regime. But neither will it recognize an intervention that violates international law and pushes the region toward a horizon of uncertainty and belligerence", Sanchez wrote on X, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would run the South American country until a "safe" transition was completed.
Thanks for your concern, but we're good.
— Mike Dury (@MikeDury) January 5, 2026
— TheRifleman (@TheRifleman11) January 6, 2026
Ok. 👍 Have a nice day.
— StormyT 🌿 (@OutLikeA_Lamb) January 6, 2026
It happened whether Spain recognizes it or not.
— Sunni (@ControGorilla) January 5, 2026
Nobody cares
— Johnny Silverhand 🦾 (@WyrmStar) January 4, 2026
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Tough crap. It’s over and done.
— Lori Jay (@LorInAllMyGlory) January 5, 2026
— George (@georgeinlimbo) January 6, 2026
What, exactly, do they think their “recognition” is good for?
— Rebecca Tucker (@RebeccaTucker85) January 6, 2026
Whats that mean? They just gonna pretend Maduro is still there?
— Charles Rense (@CharlesRense) January 6, 2026
A meaningless statement that openly ignores reality.
— PoebelVox (@PoebelVox) January 6, 2026
Spain, leading the way in EU irrelevancy
We haven’t recognized Spain in anything for centuries
— Antiquitas (@_antiquitas) January 6, 2026
Spain tries to have it both ways, saying it didn't recognize Maduro as the president of Venezuela, but it also doesn't recognize the violation of international law that removed him from power. That's an awfully European stance to take.
USA: not recognizing Spain in the Americas since 1898. https://t.co/fjkSLOre38
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) January 5, 2026
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