Can US operation Absolute Resolve ignite a global nuclear race? President Trump’s recent US raid capturing Venezuela’s Maduro, after years of sanctions on a non-nuclear regime, echoes historical US patterns of non-nuclear coersion and dominance. Can US operation Absolute Resolve ignite a global nuclear race? President Trump’s recent US raid capturing Venezuela’s Maduro, after years of sanctions on a non-nuclear regime, echoes historical US patterns of non-nuclear coersion and dominance.