President Trump revealed Friday that Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has “offered everything” in a desperate attempt to get the United States to back off as American forces ramp up strikes on drug-smuggling vessels tied to his regime.
Trump surprised reporters during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky when asked about Maduro’s attempts to offer mediation. The shock came not from what Trump said, but from how he said it.
In characteristically blunt fashion, the president delivered an expletive-laced response, offering a candid assessment of Maduro’s efforts to persuade him and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to ease up on their campaign targeting narco-terrorist operations.
A reporter had pressed Trump for details on Maduro’s overtures, prompting the fiery exchange.
“It’s been reported, Mr. President—it has been reported that Maduro offered everything in his country, all the natural resources. He even recorded a message to you in English recently, offering mediation,” he pointed out. “What could he do in order to stop that?”
Trump didn’t mince words: “He has offered everything. He’s offered everything. You’re right. You know why? Because he doesn’t want to f*** around with the United States.”
WOAH — President Trump dropped a BOMB.
REPORTER: "Pres. Maduro offered mediation…to you."
POTUS: "He has offered everything. He has offered everything. You know why? Because he doesn't want to f*ck around with the United States."
BOOM. ?? pic.twitter.com/JlxOgYQhLZ
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 17, 2025
Yikes — that rhetorical bombshell from Trump was almost as powerful as the ones currently raining down on those drug-running boats off Venezuela’s coast. And honestly, it’s about time someone spoke with that kind of clarity.
To his point, Maduro’s frantic attempts to get the U.S. to ease up on its counterstrikes against narco-terrorists are now out in the open. The media’s even reporting that the Venezuelan strongman is begging for divine intervention — literally. He’s reached out to Pope Leo XIV for help, hoping a few prayers might save his crumbling regime.
“I have great faith that Pope Leo, as I stated in the letter I sent him, will help Venezuela preserve and achieve peace and stability,” Maduro said after the U.S. carried out multiple successful strikes on alleged drug shipping vessels.
Trump, unfazed as ever, has reportedly greenlit covert CIA operations in Venezuela while the U.S. military drafts contingency plans for potential strikes inside the country.
In other words, Trump’s not bluffing — he’s sending a clear message to Maduro and every other narco-dictator on the planet: the days of America tolerating your corruption and criminal empire are done. This administration isn’t just talking tough; it’s backing it up with action.
“We are certainly looking at land now, because we’ve got the sea very well under control,” Trump told reporters earlier this week.
The president’s remark that Maduro doesn’t want to enter the “FAFO stage” of negotiations with the U.S. military comes just two months after his administration hiked the bounty on the Venezuelan dictator’s head to a jaw-dropping $50 million.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has accused Maduro of using foreign terrorist organizations to “bring deadly violence to our country,” adding that he is “one of the largest narco-traffickers in the world and a threat to our national security.”
Bondi said the Justice Department has seized more than $700 million in assets connected to Maduro — including two private jets and a staggering 30 tons of cocaine, nearly seven tons of which were directly linked to him.
This is all a not-so-subtle reminder that Trump’s patience has limits — and Maduro’s running out of time. When the leader of the free world tells you to stop funding cartels and trafficking poison into the United States, you might want to listen before the “find out” part of that equation kicks in.
