"President Donald Trump's team was reportedly so put off by strongman Nicolas Maduro's dance moves that he gave the word for U.S. troops to invade Venezuela and remove the dictator from power. The New York Times reported Sunday that Maduro's regular public dancing and other displays of nonchalance in recent weeks helped persuade some on the Trump team that the Venezuelan president was mocking them and trying to call what he believed to be a bluff."
"Trump posted a video montage on Truth Social Saturday of Maduro shouting, Come for me! I'm waiting for you here in Miraflores. Don't take too long to arrive, coward! The video, set to the strains of AC/DC's Thunderstruck, was interspersed with shots of bombs lighting up Venezuela's night sky as U.S. troops descended on Maduro. Trump has long blamed Maduro for allowing illegal drugs to flood the U.S. market, although critics point out that Trump's claims of fentanyl trafficking don't hold up."
Maduro's regular public dancing and other displays of nonchalance after rejecting an ultimatum to go into exile were interpreted by some in Trump's team as mocking and as an attempt to call a bluff. Those perceptions helped persuade decisionmakers to follow through on military threats and launch an operation to remove him from power. Social media clips of his celebratory dances were monitored in the White House war room. The United States carried out a strike on a dock it said was used for drug trafficking and U.S. troops descended on Maduro as bombs lit up Venezuela's night sky. Critics dispute claims tying Maduro to fentanyl trafficking.
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