The provocation is bigger than drugs.

This administration has “ a thing” about oil. I think it can be linked to Space X, but, it isn’t really clear. This administration has coveted Canada, Greenland, and now Venezuela. They all have oil. 

China is conducting offshore oil drilling for Venezuela. (Click here)

So, if Hegseth is declaring war on Venezuela he may be underestimating the opposition. Those big jets sitting on Venezuela’s tarmac can be serviced by China as well as Russia. I am impressed by Maduro’s calm confrontation of Hegseth’s ambitions. That cool demeanor can be linked to a rather unpleasant reality if Hegseth takes his war on drugs too far.