In general, do you support or oppose the US military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro?

Support (36%) – "Maduro was a dangerous cartel related leader who lost a legitimate election, but refused to vacate the office. He was exploiting the people of the country, and allowing/encouraging the flow of narcotics into the US. His removal is actually the liberation of the people of Venezuela. Most importantly, it keeps China from taking over the oil distribution from the country."

• "Any time a dictator is removed and people are given freedom is a cause for celebration, regardless of the motive. Of course Congress wasn't briefed. It would have started non-stop political grandstanding because our political system is so broken that nothing can get done. Not long ago, we had Venezuelan gangs taking over apartment buildings in the United States. That is completely unacceptable, and it is clear that Maduro knowingly sent these gangs and drugs into our country. I say good riddance. Let the legally elected president take over."

"This isn't a Trump thing, the problem has been brewing since Obama. Parts of this don't feel right - removal of an elected official by force when the people don't take necessary action to do it themselves. Yet he was acting like a dictator and jailed protestors. Hard for people to take action against a bully. What do you do when people don't have a true voice and corruption is rampant? Seems you either ignore the situation and let people suffer or you act - like we just saw."

• "The United States does not need the illegal drugs that the Venezuelan leader was sending, in cahoots with the drug cartels was sending into the US. The money stopping drugs entering the US was better spent stopping them being sent. The disapproving countries looks like a list of our enemies and drug suppliers/cartel shills so their attitude is understandable and hopefully, Columbia and Mexico will now straighten up as they see the 'rewards' for sending harmful drugs to the US for profit."

Oppose (53%) – "Agree with Maduro or don't, but capturing the leader of a sovereign nation impinges on their international rights and starts us down a slippery slope. Imagine the uproar if China came in and took Trump and Melania in the night- it would be akin to an act of war. It's just not how foreign policy is done."

• "While Maduro isn't the best leader Venezuela could have, it's obvious to me that the United States' intervention is not on the basis of making life better for Venezuelans, but rather to occupy the country for its natural resources. It's not our place to go into another country and determine a peoples' destiny for them; the prosecution of Maduro should have been handled by Venezuelans themselves, or by an international court."

"I am friends with a family that fled Venezuela in the middle of the night 10 years ago fearing political persecution. Although they are happy that Maduro is captured and gone, they said that his inner circle is worse than he is and that his removal without putting in a new regime will not change anything but rather keep things bad in Venezuela maybe even worse, as there will be requirements to also share any potential mineral/oil wealth with the United States."

• "There was no immediate threat from Venezuela and the Trump administration took their usual approach in doing something and finding out if it is even legal later. Congress should have given approval as we openly attacked another country. What would be our response if China or Russa kidnapped our president in the middle of the night?"

"However bad Maduro is (and he is bad), the US swooping in and deposing him is a terrible precedent internationally, legitimizing the kind of behavior Russia displayed in attacking Ukraine, and potentially opening the way for China in Taiwan in the future. Trump explicitly touts the oil aspect, undermining any moral case as well, and raising alarms in Greenland, Canada, Mexico, and beyond. Plus the way he went about it bypassing Congress, was entirely unconstitutional."

Unsure/other (11%) – "There are too many conflicting stories, motives, and legal interpretations to be one hundred percent on board with this particular action. The fact that Venezuelans are celebrating the removal is significantly positive, but I'm concerned that the next time Putin is at the negotiating table he'll argue that really, he's trying to depose an unlawful president in Ukraine (Zelenskyy) or that Xi will eventually go after Lai (Taiwan's president) on the same basis. The fact that Maduro is widely recognized to have lost his elections last year is in our favor, but this isn't a move without future risk."