Socialists of a feather flock together.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s comrades in the Democratic Socialists of America want deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro returned to power.
The Democratic Socialists of America put out a lengthy statement demanding “the return of President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores to Venezuela.”
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a press conference on Jan. 3, 2026. Michael Nagle for NY Post
Nicolas Maduro flashes a thumbs up in NYC after his arrest. HZ / BACKGRID
Meanwhile, the DSA is starting a “join our “Hands Off Venezuela” to get the “imperialist” United States out of the socialist, oil-rich country.
“Solidarity with the people of Venezuela! Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution!”, separate DSA International Committee policy statement says.
In its statement on the removal of Maduro, the DSA claims the Trump administration has started “an illegal war” against Venezuela.
“This is a nakedly imperialist war to install a US puppet government that will give Venezuela’s oil resources over to US corporations and to force US hegemony over Latin America — the new `Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. This war is illegal both under international law and the laws governing the declaration of war within the United States,” the left-wing group’s statement says.
“Trump’s war has nothing to do with drug trafficking. There is no substantiated evidence that high-level members of the Venezuelan government are `narco-terrorists.’ Yet, the Trump administration is using this claim as the pretext for this illegal war.”
DSA likened the US military’s action to the “failed” war against Iraq, claiming it will only “impoverish the people of Latin America.”
DSA demands:
A return of Maduro to Venezuela and restoration of diplomatic relations with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela — the Maduro-led regime
An immediate end to “military violence” against Venezuela and a total withdrawal of all US forces and operations from the Caribbean
Ending sanctions against Venezuela and suspending the failed “war on drugs”
A US foreign policy centered on peace, multilateralism, and respect for national sovereignty and self-determination
Mamdani, a DSA member, said he personally called President Trump on Saturday to express his opposition to removing Maduro, claiming it’s a violation of international law.
Sources and longtime pals of Trump said Mamdani is playing with fire — jeopardizing his honeymoon with the president– by grandstanding in opposition to the capture of Maduro.
Trump was gracious and even appeared smitten after meeting with Mamdani at the White House last month.
Mamdani boasted that he personally called the president on Saturday to voice opposition to the military operation in Venezuela.
“I like to see the transcript of that phone call,” quipped Trump pollster John McLaughlin.
“I wouldn’t challenge President Trump on this policy. He’s dead set on stopping murderous drugs from being smuggled into the U.S.”
Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the capture and arrest of Maduro, claiming the socialist dictator who a drug-trafficker.
“As alleged in the indictment, he personally oversaw the vicious cartel known as Cartel de los Soles, which flooded our nation with lethal poison responsible for the deaths of countless Americans, the many, many Americans, hundreds of thousands over the years, of Americans died because of him,” Trump said during his Saturday press briefing.
“Maduro and his wife will soon face the full might of American justice and stand trial on American soil,” the president said.
Rubio rejected accusations that Trump’s decision to remove and apprehend the Venezuelan leader was about making it easier for US oil companies to market oil after he’s gone.
“What happened here is that we arrested a narcotrafficker who’s now going to stand trial in the United States for the crimes he’s committed against our people for 15 years,” Rubio said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday.
Maduro is currently detained in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as he faces drugs and weapons charges.