Venezuelan War

[Caribbean Hen]

Well, here we are several months later and I think it’s becoming more clear what Trump is doing on a global scale. I tried to tell everybody this was more about those drug boats coming off of Venezuela ….much much more. Everything that’s going on globally is all connected to the threat of China …. And when I say, China that includes their evil axis of Iran, Russia, North Korea.

Let’s face it, Trumps knows more about what’s going on in the world than us. Actually, he even knows more than “Ganny” I told everybody that blowing up drug boats was just a side hustle for Trump

Everything that Trump is doing is about the future of the United States of America, it comes down to putting China in check and sending them a strong message. What did Joey rotten do about China? Joey said I’ll be long dead before they take over. I don’t have to worry about it and then he went to sleep.

Watch me China … that’s what Trump is saying. He most likely feels that any other president other than him would just kick the can down the road and say…. I’ll let the next guy handle the tough stuff.

Venezuela and Cuba are close enough to the United States geographically to inflict damage via drones and so many other illicit activities. Getting Venezuela on our side was a great move.

Getting Cuba on our side is a great move, although it hasn’t been fully executed yet. Putin must’ve shit his pants when Trump beat Klambella Harris…. I am so glad that lady is not the President

Hitting Iran is just not about nuclear weapons, it’s also about weakening one of China’s evil buddies. It’s making China think twice about their plans to invade Taiwan.

Trump likes to tell everybody that he has a great relationship with Xi…. I don’t buy it for a second. Just watch the China man’s body language when he’s with Trump. He hates him as much as TDS88 and that’s because Trump pushing back in a very big way against all of China man’s evil plans.

The Greenland thing all fits in with this because let’s face it Denmark and weak Europe will not be able to defend that place when the Chinese come for us. Everybody knows that we will have to do it. I don’t think Denmark will ever agree to transfer it over to the United States, but just bringing it up for discussion makes NATO realize that they need to pay up and quit relying on the United States to defend their wine and cheese hour ….

Opening the border for selfish reasons was one of the most idiotic moves ever by the radicalized dumb Democrats. When Trump tells everybody how stupid Joey Biden was, he’s doing it for much bigger reasons than Just hating the guy

Trump is doing all this for the future of the United States of America and he doesn’t give a shit if you hate him for it or not.

Putin loves Trump. So gullible and malleable. You may be half right about China.

Forget Iran. Remember the Donroe Doctrine!

What the hell are you even saying? is that all you got? Your weak attempt means you totally agree with everything I said.

Yes, you are gullible

If you don’t think Putin wanted happy hour Harris to win you need to get out into the streets little buddy

[kalm]

Putin loves Trump. So gullible and malleable. You may be half right about China.

Forget Iran. Remember the Donroe Doctrine!

What the hell are you even saying? is that all you got? Your weak attempt means you totally agree with everything I said.

Yes, you are gullible

If you don’t think Putin wanted happy hour Harris to win you need to get out into the streets little buddy

I condensed your nonsensical polemic to a manageable few points.

You really have a shallow understanding of reality not to mention global politics.

A little reading from real journalists may help you.

[Caribbean Hen]

What the hell are you even saying? is that all you got? Your weak attempt means you totally agree with everything I said.

Yes, you are gullible

If you don’t think Putin wanted happy hour Harris to win you need to get out into the streets little buddy

I condensed your nonsensical polemic to a manageable few points.

You really have a shallow understanding of reality not to mention global politics.

A little reading from real journalists may help you.

The whole post was about global politics. Are you having a dazed morning?

What Part do you disagree with besides the fact that C H is right

[UNI88]

Trump’s betrayal of Maria Corina Machado won’t end well

A January poll conducted by the Venezuelan firm Meganalisis found an estimated 90 percent of Venezuelans were in favor of the ouster, but 94 percent didn't believe the U.S. should lead Venezuela's post-Maduro transition to democracy, NPR reported.

They were right. Rubio's three-phase plan for stabilization, recovery and transition and the idea that the U.S. was including Machado in the negotiations turns out to have been empty rhetoric. The U.S. has squandered a singular, time-sensitive and rare opportunity.

Instead of using its leverage to demand the release of political prisoners, rebuild institutions, support the opposition's carefully crafted transition plans and overhaul electoral and judicial institutions, the only thing the U.S. appears to have achieved with its outsized power is seizing control over and revamping Venezuela's oil industry.

To be sure, that has meagerly improved the Venezuelan economy. But according to former U.S. diplomat Brian Naranjo, out of $8 billion moved to U.S. control, a mere $300 million was pledged for earthquake relief.

[Caribbean Hen]

Big win for the United States and Venezuela on the 25 year oil deal! Their new president and actually went on TV and thanked Trump and Marco Rubio!

Keeps China out of

Actually helps Venezuela as well as it should

[kalm]

Big win for the United States and Venezuela on the 25 year oil deal! Their new president and actually went on TV and thanked Trump and Marco Rubio!

Keeps China out of

Actually helps Venezuela as well as it should

Just warmed over modern colonialism based on an energy resource which causes glacial collapse to wipe out towns, killing thousands .

[Caribbean Hen]

Why are you against Venezuela improving the miserable state of their country?

Because Trump is doing it that’s why

[UNI88]

Everything About the US-Venezuela Oil Deal Is Troubling

The Trump administration announced a major oil deal with Venezuela on Friday that would purportedly give the United States rights to 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil, or 20 percent of the country’s oil reserves. Much information and key details are still lacking, but everything we know about the deal is troubling:

It expands state corporatism by giving the US government a large, and possibly majority, stake in a major joint oil venture in Venezuela ... State-owned enterprises are a bad idea anywhere, but as Scott Lincicome observes, this comes after the US government under Trump has already taken equity in 31 private companies. As Scott says, “This isn’t even ‘creeping’ socialism anymore.”

The deal lacks transparency. The negotiation was conducted in secret, and, as Reuters reports, “The agreement did not pass through a competitive process,” so we don’t know how the United States’ private-sector partner or partners have been or are being selected. Moreover, details of what was actually agreed to are scarce, as a written agreement or contract has not been made public and may not even exist.
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The deal lacks legitimacy since it was agreed to with a dictatorship that has clung to power for decades through violence and by committing what was probably the largest electoral fraud in Latin American history in 2024. The agreement was also reached under overwhelming pressure, military and otherwise, from the United States.
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The legality of the deal is questionable. The authority and the legality of the US government’s announcement of a state-owned enterprise abroad and its commitment of government resources to it are unclear. For its part, Article 150 of the Venezuelan Constitution states that contracts of this kind with foreign governments must be approved by the National Assembly, which did not occur.
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The United States is conducting the deal with a dubious private partner. The business partner that Washington has reportedly picked for its joint oil venture is a company headed by Alejandro Betancourt, widely viewed by Venezuelans and internationally as notoriously corrupt.
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The deal sidelines the Venezuelan opposition and strengthens the dictatorship. The Venezuelan opposition played no role in the agreement, and it does not enjoy opposition or public support. On the contrary, there are credible indications that the deal is overwhelmingly unpopular and viewed as a betrayal of democracy. As a result, the United States is also losing the tremendous amount of goodwill that it had among Venezuelans. All of this increases the probability that any future democratic government will question or invalidate the agreement. As The Economist points out, this reality “raises the prospect that both the Trump administration and the Rodriguez regime might now share an incentive to prevent any elected government from taking office.”