Because commentary on what Trump is doing vis-a-vis Venezuela (and threatening to do to other nations) keeps pouring out, I'm going to create a second thread today, to complement the long one I created earlier today — the link to that is below.
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Because commentary on what Trump is doing vis-a-vis Venezuela (and threatening to do to other nations) keeps pouring out, I'm going to create a second thread today, to complement the long one I created earlier today — the link to that is below.
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism
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Because commentary on what Trump is doing vis-a-vis Venezuela (and threatening to do to other nations) keeps pouring out, I'm going to create a second thread today, to complement the long one I created earlier today — the link to that is below.
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism
/1"Trump is drunk on war. The spectacle of violence on behalf of naked plunder gives him a sense of power. During his press conference on Saturday, Trump exulted, 'Overwhelming American military power, air, land, and sea was used to launch a spectacular assault, and it was a—an assault like people have not seen since World War II.'”
~ Jeet Heer
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania
/2https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/donald-trump-venezuela-coup-imperialism/
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"Trump is drunk on war. The spectacle of violence on behalf of naked plunder gives him a sense of power. During his press conference on Saturday, Trump exulted, 'Overwhelming American military power, air, land, and sea was used to launch a spectacular assault, and it was a—an assault like people have not seen since World War II.'”
~ Jeet Heer
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania
/2https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/donald-trump-venezuela-coup-imperialism/
"With his domestic support flailing and his reputation threatened by new revelations of his ties to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Trump is turning to foreign policy as an arena where he can still flex his muscles. This is especially true in the Western Hemisphere, where the United States has long enjoyed a de facto sphere of influence under the dubious justification of the Monroe Doctrine."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #narcissism
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"With his domestic support flailing and his reputation threatened by new revelations of his ties to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Trump is turning to foreign policy as an arena where he can still flex his muscles. This is especially true in the Western Hemisphere, where the United States has long enjoyed a de facto sphere of influence under the dubious justification of the Monroe Doctrine."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #narcissism
/3"The Venezuelan coup created the type of ultraviolent spectacle that Trump revels in, but it had little rationale other than providing an advertisement for Trump’s vision of a world of unbridled imperial plunder divided into spheres of influence."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania
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"The Venezuelan coup created the type of ultraviolent spectacle that Trump revels in, but it had little rationale other than providing an advertisement for Trump’s vision of a world of unbridled imperial plunder divided into spheres of influence."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania
/4"Donald Trump doesn’t do restraint. He doesn’t do 'one and done.' He does Lays Potato Chips; one of his favorite snacks on Air Force One. 'You can’t stop with just one.' Not one wife. Not one golf course. Not one building. Not one award. Not one raid."
~ Michael Cohen
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania
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"Donald Trump doesn’t do restraint. He doesn’t do 'one and done.' He does Lays Potato Chips; one of his favorite snacks on Air Force One. 'You can’t stop with just one.' Not one wife. Not one golf course. Not one building. Not one award. Not one raid."
~ Michael Cohen
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania
/5"The straight line between Trump’s Jan. 6 terrorist attack and his attack on Venezuela: Trump is what happens when crimes go unpunished."
~ Dean Obeidallah
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania #Jan6 #coup #insurrection #Constitution #crime #corruption
/6https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/the-straight-line-between-trumps
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"The straight line between Trump’s Jan. 6 terrorist attack and his attack on Venezuela: Trump is what happens when crimes go unpunished."
~ Dean Obeidallah
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania #Jan6 #coup #insurrection #Constitution #crime #corruption
/6https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/the-straight-line-between-trumps
"Trump’s actions were illegal under international law, unjustified by any cognizable claim of 'self-defense,' comprised an extrajudicial abduction in violation of state sovereignty rules, and violate both the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Act."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania #Jan6 #coup #insurrection #Constitution #crime #corruption
/7https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/back-to-legal-basics-on-venezuela
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"Trump’s actions were illegal under international law, unjustified by any cognizable claim of 'self-defense,' comprised an extrajudicial abduction in violation of state sovereignty rules, and violate both the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Act."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania #Jan6 #coup #insurrection #Constitution #crime #corruption
/7https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/back-to-legal-basics-on-venezuela
"When the news media say the United States’ strongarm approach to Venezuela 'raises legal questions,' that’s code for 'the president is violating the law, but no one is going to stop him.'”
~ Mark Jacob
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania #Jan6 #coup #insurrection #Constitution #crime #corruption #media
/8https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/will-the-press-continue-to-keep-trumps
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"When the news media say the United States’ strongarm approach to Venezuela 'raises legal questions,' that’s code for 'the president is violating the law, but no one is going to stop him.'”
~ Mark Jacob
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania #Jan6 #coup #insurrection #Constitution #crime #corruption #media
/8https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/will-the-press-continue-to-keep-trumps
"I just watched the emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council as Donald Trump spiraled online, posting about the 2020 election while world leaders blasted his administration’s unlawful invasion of Venezuela. As diplomats spoke about sovereignty, international law, and the danger of escalation, Trump was rage-posting conspiracy theories and recycling debunked lies."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Congress #UnitedNations
/9https://www.meidasplus.com/p/monday-afternoon-news-updates-as-ab8
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"I just watched the emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council as Donald Trump spiraled online, posting about the 2020 election while world leaders blasted his administration’s unlawful invasion of Venezuela. As diplomats spoke about sovereignty, international law, and the danger of escalation, Trump was rage-posting conspiracy theories and recycling debunked lies."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Congress #UnitedNations
/9https://www.meidasplus.com/p/monday-afternoon-news-updates-as-ab8
"That is where the United States is right now. ...
I’ll be honest. Watching the Security Council session as an American was painful. The country that once championed a rules-based order is now being cited as the example of what not to do. But the stakes are too high for us to look away."
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"That is where the United States is right now. ...
I’ll be honest. Watching the Security Council session as an American was painful. The country that once championed a rules-based order is now being cited as the example of what not to do. But the stakes are too high for us to look away."
"To understand the depth of Donald Trump’s betrayal of the democratic movement in Venezuela, it is necessary to appreciate the consummate courage, planning, and organization behind the opposition victory on July 28, 2024. For her valiant efforts to organize and lead the campaign for democracy, María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize."
~ Larry Diamond
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Machado #NobelPeacePrize
/11https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-betrayal-of-venezuelas-democracy
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"To understand the depth of Donald Trump’s betrayal of the democratic movement in Venezuela, it is necessary to appreciate the consummate courage, planning, and organization behind the opposition victory on July 28, 2024. For her valiant efforts to organize and lead the campaign for democracy, María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize."
~ Larry Diamond
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Machado #NobelPeacePrize
/11https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-betrayal-of-venezuelas-democracy
"Only Trump would have the audacity to launch such a daring, unilateral joint-force strike to capture a sitting president of Venezuela—with its questionable legality under both U.S. and international law, its dangerous precedents that Russia and China might later claim, and its damaging consequences for the liberal international order."
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"Only Trump would have the audacity to launch such a daring, unilateral joint-force strike to capture a sitting president of Venezuela—with its questionable legality under both U.S. and international law, its dangerous precedents that Russia and China might later claim, and its damaging consequences for the liberal international order."
"Yet only Donald Trump would so brazenly squander this historic opportunity for true change on the altar of a chimeric windfall—oil, which a 1960s Venezuelan oil minister labeled 'the devil’s excrement.'”
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Machado #NobelPeacePrize #oil #FossilFuels #BigOil #EconomicElites
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"Yet only Donald Trump would so brazenly squander this historic opportunity for true change on the altar of a chimeric windfall—oil, which a 1960s Venezuelan oil minister labeled 'the devil’s excrement.'”
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Machado #NobelPeacePrize #oil #FossilFuels #BigOil #EconomicElites
/13"Trump sold himself as the president who would end Forever Wars. I’ve seen this movie before, and I have a pretty good idea of how it ends.
Now he’s launched one of his own, without involving Congress, to reward the billionaires who funded his campaign and line his own pockets. If 'America First' is now 'Oil First,' you’d better believe I’m going to take him at his word when he shows us exactly who comes last."
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil
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"Trump sold himself as the president who would end Forever Wars. I’ve seen this movie before, and I have a pretty good idea of how it ends.
Now he’s launched one of his own, without involving Congress, to reward the billionaires who funded his campaign and line his own pockets. If 'America First' is now 'Oil First,' you’d better believe I’m going to take him at his word when he shows us exactly who comes last."
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil
/14"Trump told the oil companies about the Venezuela plan, but neglected to tell Congress. This invasion isn’t about protecting Americans, it’s military assistance for big oil and his billionaire friends."
~ Lincoln Project
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #FossilFuels #BigOil #EconomicElites
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"Trump told the oil companies about the Venezuela plan, but neglected to tell Congress. This invasion isn’t about protecting Americans, it’s military assistance for big oil and his billionaire friends."
~ Lincoln Project
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #FossilFuels #BigOil #EconomicElites
/15Mehdi Hasan notes that law professor Barb McQuade and others have asked if it's coincidental that Trump bombed Venezuela on January 3. "It was the date that the DOJ was supposed to respond and didn't. And the Epstein Transparency Law that was passed in December by Congress, reluctantly signed by Donald Trump."
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