{"id":307955,"date":"2026-01-08T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-maduro-and-the-war-games-that-predicted-chaos-the-global-story-podcast\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:00:29","slug":"trump-maduro-and-the-war-games-that-predicted-chaos-the-global-story-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-maduro-and-the-war-games-that-predicted-chaos-the-global-story-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Maduro, and the war games that predicted chaos | The Global Story Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/XmyzZPCc2bQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trump, Maduro, and the war games that predicted chaos | The Global Story Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XmyzZPCc2bQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>When the US government captured Venezuela\u2019s president, Nicolas Maduro, on Saturday, most of the world was shocked. 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