Venezuela’s new president steered $500,000 to Trump’s inauguration—in 2017
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
The press treats this detail like a cinematic twist: Venezuela’s new president once steered $500,000 to Trump’s inauguration, and she speaks polished English with European credentials. The implied lesson is that Trumpworld was uniquely compromised. That framing is tidy, but it skips the harder question: why did our system allow foreign cash to chase access in the first place?
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A lawyer educated in Britain and France, Delcy Rodríguez speaks English and spent large amounts of time in the United States.
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The press treats this detail like a cinematic twist: Venezuela’s new president once steered $500,000 to Trump’s inauguration, and she speaks polished English with European credentials. The implied lesson is that Trumpworld was uniquely compromised. That framing is tidy, but it skips the harder question: why did our system allow foreign cash to chase access in the first place?
Conservatives don’t need a morality play. We need clean lines between foreign regimes and U.S. politics, regardless of which party benefits. If a senior figure tied to Maduro’s circle could move money toward an American inauguration, that points to weak enforcement and porous gatekeeping, not just scandal bait.
The priority is rule of law, public trust, and national security. Foreign governments pay when they expect returns. Our institutions should make that expectation a bad bet, every time.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.