Edith Hejberg
Trump’s campaign began months ago with a series of air and sea attacks on drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean.
In a new episode of Battle Plans Exposed, military intelligence veteran Philip Ingram reveals a confidential strategy for a full-scale U.S. invasion of Venezuela.
He claims Donald Trump has crafted a detailed blueprint that goes far beyond drug raids with invasion potentially just a trigger away.
A violent prelude in the Caribbean
Trump’s campaign began months ago with a series of air and sea attacks on drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean.
According to Ingram, these operations were not just about narcotics they were the opening moves of a wider strategy aimed squarely at President Nicolás Maduro’s regime.
Maduro in the crosshairs
Trump has made no secret of his disdain for Maduro, repeatedly warning that the Venezuelan leader’s “days are numbered.”
As U.S. forces close in, Maduro has started deploying his own troops across Venezuela in a clear show of defiance but Ingram believes it may be too late.
The revival of an old American doctrine
Ingram argues Trump is bringing back the Monroe Doctrine a 200-year-old U.S. policy asserting control over the Western Hemisphere.
“Trump sees Venezuela as a Cuba on steroids,” he says, suggesting that foreign influence in Latin America won’t be tolerated under this approach.
The covert campaign already underway
The U.S. has reportedly greenlit CIA operations inside Venezuela. Ingram says these covert missions are destabilising the regime by funding opposition groups, turning military insiders, and identifying key targets.
“This is classic pre-invasion playbook,” he adds.
Spies working in the shadows
These intelligence operations aim to turn Venezuela’s own military against Maduro. Agents are said to be planting propaganda, mapping infrastructure, and monitoring high-value targets.
Ingram believes the ground is already being shaped for an eventual coup or strike.
A visible military build-up
While intelligence works behind the scenes, the U.S. military is making its presence impossible to ignore.
Warships, F-35 jets, and thousands of troops have moved into the region. The USS Gravely even docked in Trinidad just seven miles from Venezuela’s coast.
The strategy of the strangler
Ingram compares the U.S. strategy to that of a boa constrictor. “This is a blockade,” he says. “They’re testing Venezuela’s defences and sending a clear signalm, we’re ready.” Each new deployment is designed to squeeze the regime into submission.
The silence before the storm
If Trump gives the green light, Ingram predicts the first blow will be silent. U.S. Cyber Command would launch a massive digital attack to cripple Venezuela’s power grid, internet, and military communications rendering the country blind and unable to coordinate a defence.
Decapitation before invasion
Next would come precision raids, launched by embedded agents and special forces. “The primary target is Maduro. Secondary targets are his inner circle and gang leaders,” says Ingram.
The idea is to neutralise command before the wider military even knows it’s under attack.
Securing Venezuela’s assets
With leaders eliminated, U.S. Marines and Air Force units would move quickly to seize airports, air bases, and oil fields.
By targeting economic and logistical assets, the U.S. would paralyse the country without needing to occupy it long-term.
A fast, crushing campaign
Ingram believes the goal isn’t conquest, it’s control. “With Maduro dead, in hiding, or captured, and oil fields locked down, the U.S. stops,” he says. “They don’t occupy the country.
They strangle it.” The swift strike aims to leave Venezuela without the means to resist.
A final warning from the expert
As the episode closes, Ingram offers a stark summary: “The battle plan is drawn.
The assets are in place. And the world holds its breath as President Trump’s finger hovers over the trigger.” With tensions escalating, the silence could soon give way to war.
This article is made and published by Edith Hejberg, who may have used AI in the preparation
