
The Bulwark Podcast
Bill Kristol: A Stupid and Insane Foreign Intervention
Monday, January 5, 2026
Toppling the leader of Venezuela looks to be about greed and Trump's vanity. It's not about national security, and is likely to produce bad outcomes—including more repression of ordinary Venezuelans and more refugees fleeing the country. And even the monetary value of plundering a sovereign country's oil is vastly overstated.