Venezuela’s Machado Meets Trump | Balance of Power: Early Edition 1/15/2026

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu discuss the latest geopolitical news. On today's show, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Heather Conley, Republican Senator Ted Budd, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, American Banking Association President and CEO Rob Nichols and Republican Congressman Nicole Malliotakis.

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Balance of Power: Early Edition Begins
00:02:56 - Tyler Kendall, Bloomberg News
00:07:22 - Heather Conley, Fmr. Deputy Sec. of State, Bureau of European, Eurasian Affairs
00:15:15 - Rick Davis, Stonecourt Capital LP
00:18:21 - Sen. Ted Budd, (R) North Carolina
00:24:28 - Rick Davis, Stonecourt Capital LP & Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Democracy Visiting Fellow Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center
00:29:34 - Rob Nichols, American Bankers Association. Pres & CEO
00:33:55 - Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, (R) New York
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