{"id":329400,"date":"2026-01-05T03:56:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/maduro-kept-dancing-on-tv-the-white-house-took-it-personally-now-hes-in-custody"},"modified":"2026-01-05T03:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:56:07","slug":"maduro-kept-dancing-on-tv-the-white-house-took-it-personally-now-hes-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/maduro-kept-dancing-on-tv-the-white-house-took-it-personally-now-hes-in-custody","title":{"rendered":"Maduro Stored Dancing on TV. The White Home Took It Personally. Now He is in Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Donald Trump has made dancing a signature. The fist pumps. The hip sway. The YMCA<\/a> send-off at rally after rally \u2014 more than 110 of them during his 2024 campaign alone.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cTrump Dance\u201d got its own Wikipedia page. NFL players started copying it. The Village People performed it live at his inauguration.<\/p>\n

But when Nicol\u00e1s Maduro started dancing? Apparently that was different.<\/p>\n

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According to The New York Times<\/a>, the Venezuelan president\u2019s \u201cregular public dancing and other displays of nonchalance in recent weeks helped persuade some on the Trump team that the Venezuelan president was mocking them and trying to call what he believed to be a bluff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two sources familiar with confidential White House discussions told the paper it was \u201cone dance move too many.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maduro spent his final weeks in power putting on a show. In late November, he took the stage at a student rally in Caracas, bouncing to an electronic remix of his own voice. The track looped his words in English: \u201cNo war, no crazy war, no, no, no. Peace, peace, yes peace.\u201d He jumped. He swayed. He pumped his fists while supporters waved flags. State media broadcast it all.<\/p>\n

On December 22, he was filmed dancing with an AI-powered robot at an expo in Maracay. Less than two weeks later, he\u2019d be in U.S. custody.<\/p>\n

In late December, Trump gave him an ultimatum: resign and accept exile in Turkey. Maduro rejected it. Days later, the U.S. struck a Venezuelan dock it said was linked to drug trafficking. Maduro\u2019s response? He went back on TV and danced to the same \u201cNo Crazy War\u201d remix.<\/p>\n

The White House was watching. The Times reported that social media is monitored routinely \u2014 X was visible on a screen in the war room during the operation to capture Maduro.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Delta Force stormed Caracas before dawn. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were seized and flown to New York. Video showed him arriving at the DEA office, walking past officers. \u201cHappy New Year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s now in federal custody awaiting trial on drug trafficking charges. His first court appearance is expected Monday.<\/p>\n

Trump didn\u2019t mention the dancing at his Mar-a-Lago press conference. He talked about oil.<\/p>\n

\u201cDylan Goforth, executive editor of The Frontier, offered a simpler theory: Maduro \u2018was stealing Trump\u2019s swag and had to go.’\u201d<\/p>\n

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He was stealing trumps swag and had to go<\/p>\n

\u2014 Dylan Goforth (@DGoforth918) January 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n