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Trump Attacks Venezuela after Disaster

Explore episode Jul 1, 2026

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Jiménez Finally Admits Delcy Is Failing — But Misses His Own Role

At 22:20 · chapter starts 20:00

The episode returns to Congressman Carlos Jiménez for a second CNN interview clip that reveals a split personality at the heart of MAGA Venezuela politics. Asked whether Delcy Rodriguez's government can handle the earthquake response, Jiménez says flatly that it cannot. He calls her the 'interim dictator' — a more honest label than the diplomatic 'interim president.' He advocates conditioning US aid on democratic reforms and the release of political prisoners. He even endorses allowing María Corina Machado back into Venezuela. These are, on their face, reasonable positions. But Meiselas is unsparing: Jiménez is 'the regime.' His party supports Trump. Trump supports Delcy. That chain of political dependency makes Jiménez a direct enabler of everything he's now complaining about. The segment highlights how MAGA politicians are simultaneously criticizing the consequences of Trump's Venezuela policy while remaining unwilling to criticize Trump himself — a logical impossibility that Meiselas dissects with exasperation.

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