A powerful image of American strength played out in New York as U.S. special forces and federal law enforcement escorted deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro after his aircraft landed at Stewart International Airport. The secure arrival, at a facility that includes a military airfield, came just hours after what the Trump administration described as a daring and flawlessly executed operation to apprehend one of the world’s most notorious narco-terrorist leaders. For Trump supporters, the scene symbolized something rare in modern geopolitics: accountability finally catching up with a dictator who had long believed himself untouchable.
