US put $300M+ into Venezuela earthquake response
A CNN anchor noted the US has put more than $300 million and search-and-rescue teams into the Venezuela earthquake relief effort.
Snapshot · The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Attacks Venezuela after Disaster
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Jul 1, 2026
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Congresswoman Salazar Demands Aid Access — While Enabling the Regime
At 20:00 · chapter starts 17:42
Congresswoman María Salazar's CNN appearance provides the episode with one of its sharpest ironies. A devoted Trump supporter and South Florida MAGA Republican, Salazar issues what amounts to a demand to Delcy Rodriguez and Diosdado Cabello: stop blocking aid from the United States and international community. She even holds up El Salvador's Nayib Bukele as a positive model, noting he was directing earthquake relief operations remotely via satellite while Delcy was 'nowhere to be found.' [1] — María Salazar "Congresswoman María Salazar demanded that Delcy Rodriguez stop blocking US aid, praising El Salvador's Bukele as more effective than Venezu…" 17:42 Ben Meiselas responds with incredulity. Salazar has championed Trump's policies at every turn, including those that propped up the Delcy regime. She previously assured Venezuelan-Americans that Trump supported the 'Dignity Act' and would protect them. Now she's confronting the consequences of unconditional sycophancy — a regime she helped empower is blocking the aid she's demanding. Meiselas sees no self-awareness in Salazar's posture and uses it to make a broader point about how enabling authoritarianism has real, lethal downstream consequences.
Congresswoman Salazar Demands Aid Access — While Enabling the Regime That Blocks It
Congresswoman María Salazar demanded that Delcy Rodriguez stop blocking US aid, praising El Salvador's Bukele as more effective than Venezuela's interim president. Ben Meiselas skewered the contradiction: Salazar is a Trump sycophant who enabled the very policies propping up the Delcy regime she's now criticizing.
Jiménez Finally Admits: Delcy Can't Handle This — But Still Won't Own the Consequences
CNN pressed Congressman Jiménez on whether Delcy Rodriguez's government is capable of managing the earthquake response. He admitted it isn't, called her the 'interim dictator,' and said the US should condition aid on democratic reforms. Ben Meiselas: you ARE the regime, and you still don't see it.
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