Interview · moment 4 of 31
Grim: Trump's Venezuela High and 'I'm on a Roll' Mentality
from Emergency Podcast: Iran, Israel, & Imminent Destruction | The Tim Dillon Show #486 · #486
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Grim explains Trump's pattern of being told something is impossible, doing it anyway (citing the Venezuela operation), and riding that success into deciding to strike Iran, egged on by Israeli pressure.
- Trump has repeatedly been told he can't do something, then does it successfully, creating a pattern of defying expectations.
- The Venezuela operation exemplifies this: extracting the president and his wife without losing American service members contradicted what people said was possible.
- Trump's mentality shifted to 'I'm on a roll'—feeling emboldened enough to suggest hitting Cuba next, like he's riding high in Vegas at 3 a.m.
- The Secretary of State revealed they moved up the Venezuela operation because they expected Israel would attempt it and feared retaliation if Israel acted first.