About this episode
Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro is “a performance” of the kind of US imperial power “that [Trump] knows is waning” on the global stage, scholar and author Geo Maher tells us.Marc Steiner speaks with Geo Maher, abolitionist scholar and author of We Created Chávez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution, about the untenable goals behind President Trump’s invasion of Venezuela—and what the US bid to reassert imperial dominance in the Western hemisphere reveals about its declining place on the global stage. Follow The Marc Steiner Show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Studio Production: Cameron GranadinoPost-Production: Stephen FrankBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!
