Chris Hayes marks the fifth anniversary of January 6 by arguing that Donald Trump’s defining pattern is taking power and resources by force if he thinks he can “get away with it,” linking the Capitol attack to what the show describes as the Trump administration’s seizure of Venezuela’s leader and open pursuit of the country’s oil. The episode turns to a broader warning about U.S. “imperialism” or “smash and grab” foreign policy, including talk of similar actions in Mexico or Colombia and even the possibility of military action to take Greenland, with Hayes stressing that only sustained public and institutional pressure can restrain Trump. Guest Congressman Jamie Raskin amplifies the theme by calling Trump’s approach “gangster state politics,” rejecting any moral pretense in these moves and insisting January 6 was a Trump-led conspiracy documented beyond dispute. The tone is urgent, condemnatory, and alarmed, with Hayes and Raskin focused on accountability, democratic norms, and the dangers of normalizing political violence. A line that captures the episode’s core argument is Hayes’s: “Donald Trump will do whatever he can get away with.”