Maduro proves he's not a Republican by refusing to plant soft, wet kisses all over Trump's trunk full of junk in court

[Miles Archer]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maduro-explodes-in-defiance-at-trump-as-he-appears-in-court/

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has made his first court appearance after being captured by U.S. forces, defiantly telling a judge he is a “prisoner of war” and not guilty of the charges being pushed by the Trump administration.

Days after Donald Trump gave the green light to seize Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores from their presidential compound in Caracas, the ousted leader appeared in a Manhattan court on Monday, where he pleaded not guilty to federal charges of narco-terrorism, cocaine importation, and weapons possession.

He then told the judge he had been “kidnapped” and was “a prisoner of war.”

“I was captured at my home in Caracas, Venezuela,” he said through a translator.

[hlthe2b]

1. He may be a monster, but everything he just said about being "kidnapped, etc." Trump, himself

admitted as much.

[Miles Archer]

2. It's one of those rare "Can't root for a bad guy captured by a bad guy" moments.

I don't know how much better it would feel if Trump had gotten Congressional approval first. We'll never know.