One Thing: Cartels, The CIA, and Trump’s True Intentions in Venezuela

CNN 5 Things

President Donald Trump publicly admitted he has authorized he authorized the CIA to operate inside Venezuela to crack down on flows of illegal drugs and migrants to the US. It comes as Trump continues to authorize deadly strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean. But is this really about drugs – or regime change? 

Guests: Natasha Bertrand, CNN Correspondent & Steven Dudley, co-director, InSight Crime 

--- 

Host: David Rind 

Producer: Paola Ortiz 

Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin 

Editorial Support: Dan Bloom

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More description

President Donald Trump publicly admitted he has authorized he authorized the CIA to operate inside Venezuela to crack down on flows of illegal drugs and migrants to the US. It comes as Trump continues to authorize deadly strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean. But is this really about drugs – or regime change? 

Guests: Natasha Bertrand, CNN Correspondent & Steven Dudley, co-director, InSight Crime 

--- 

Host: David Rind 

Producer: Paola Ortiz 

Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin 

Editorial Support: Dan Bloom

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2025-10-19 19 min
Listen elsewhere

Available Results

Generated results are saved to your library for reuse and search.

No generated results are available for this episode yet.

Transcript

No transcript is available for this episode yet.
Sign in to generate a transcript for review.
Sign in

Chapters

No chapters available.