{"id":115937,"date":"2026-01-06T09:06:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/rand-paul-blames-rival-republican-senator-for-trump-venezuela-interventions-115937"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:06:03","slug":"rand-paul-blames-rival-republican-senator-for-trump-venezuela-interventions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/rand-paul-blames-rival-republican-senator-for-trump-venezuela-interventions-115937","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul blames rival Republican senator for Trump Venezuela interventions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said that President Donald Trump is under the &#8220;thrall of Lindsey Graham&#8221; following the U.S. operation in Venezuela, according to audio of the remarks by the lawmaker that MeidasTouch&#8217;s Acyn Torabi <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/acyn\/status\/2008320158469869782?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul said that after the first presidential debate in 2016, the Trump family told him that they liked him and the &#8220;idea of not being involved in foreign wars.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was something I liked about Donald Trump,&#8221; Paul said. &#8220;It was one of the things, whenever I had misgivings about something else, I would always come back and say, &#8216;Well, he&#8217;s the best we ever had.&#8217; Much better than the Bush&#8217;s, who were war mad and wanted to be involved in all these crazy wars overseas&#8230; &#8216;We&#8217;re gonna make the world safe for democracy.&#8217; I never liked any of that. And I thought Trump was different, and so, it disappoints me, but he&#8217;s under the&#8230; thrall of Lindsey Graham.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rand-paul-rips-jd-vances-assertion-executing-cartel-members-best-use-our-military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RAND PAUL RIPS JD VANCE&#8217;S ASSERTION THAT EXECUTING CARTEL MEMBERS IS THE \u2018BEST USE OF OUR MILITARY\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qV9dYvzJkhg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">described<\/a> Trump&#8217;s move to unilaterally depose Venezuela&#8217;s Nicol\u00e1s Maduro without seeking congressional approval for the attack as &#8220;disdainful.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham, a hawkish Republican from South Carolina, has strongly supported the president&#8217;s action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is Lindsey Graham. Lindsey Graham has gotten to the president who expressed \u2014 I saw a clip \u2014 there\u2019s like 20 clips of [Trump] saying he\u2019s not for regime change and how regime change has always gone wrong. Somehow they\u2019ve convinced him it\u2019s different if it\u2019s in our hemisphere,&#8221; Paul said to reporters Monday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5673949-rand-paul-blames-lindsey-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Torabi also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/acyn\/status\/2008320158469869782?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted audio<\/a> on X in which Paul can be heard quipping, &#8220;There should be a law&#8221; stipulating that Graham may only visit the White House &#8220;every other week&#8221; and may only meet with &#8220;mid-level people, not the president. And no more golf outings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Graham was with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump during<\/a> a recent gaggle aboard Air Force One.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/schumer-blasted-trump-failing-oust-maduro-now-warns-arrest-could-lead-endless-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SCHUMER BLASTED TRUMP FOR FAILING TO OUST MADURO \u2014 NOW WARNS ARREST COULD LEAD TO \u2018ENDLESS WAR\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The senator also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-signs-make-iran-great-again-hat-alongside-lindsey-graham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted a photo<\/a> on X that showed him giving a thumbs-up while smiling alongside of Trump, who was holding a cap that read, &#8220;MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Graham donned such a cap during an appearance on the Fox News Channel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/venezuela-orders-nationwide-manhunt-supporters-after-maduros-arrest-us-forces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VENEZUELA ORDERS NATIONWIDE MANHUNT FOR SUPPORTERS AFTER MADURO&#8217;S ARREST BY US FORCES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-endorses-sen-lindsey-graham-re-election-he-not-let-you-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed Graham<\/a> for re-election last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rand-paul-blames-rival-republican-senator-trump-venezuela-interventions\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rand-paul-blames-rival-republican-senator-trump-venezuela-interventions <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said that President Donald Trump is under the &#8220;thrall of Lindsey Graham&#8221; following the U.S. operation in Venezuela, according to audio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-115937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rand Paul blames rival Republican senator for Trump Venezuela interventions - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/rand-paul-blames-rival-republican-senator-for-trump-venezuela-interventions-115937\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rand Paul blames rival Republican senator for Trump Venezuela interventions - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sen. 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