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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"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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