Venezuela? What’s up with that?
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I can see this being both a regime change and not a regime change, depending on the perspective. It’s a weird situation.
According to Trump, the US would "run" Venezuela until there is a "safe, proper and judicious transition". Trump went on to say that the US and US companies would seize Venezuelan oil and sell it to other countries.
Trump/America invading the country and now calling the shots, that’s different.
It is a weird situation. I could probably argue that the regime change hasn’t changed also…& that it also has.
It was a bloodless decapitation. No regime change.
Zionists took out Hamas leadership but was it a regime change?
Bloodless? Anyway, lots of News stories out about Trump & Cuba now, since Trump (not the ‘still & current’ regime in Venezuela) cut off all oil from Venezuela to Cuba…that they “have to” make a deal or Else (!!) without saying what the deal is about. What “deal” does Trump want from Cuba?
Except for 75 or so allegedly Cuban merc-- um, allies in security.
So we're told. You decide.
And a couple hundred Venezuelans, etc…but what is Trumps “deal” he wants from Cuba?
Depends on which report you read. Nobody is talking who isn't a notorious serial liar.
Lots of news stories about the demand & rejection (of any deal forced by Trump) of Trumps “deal” without any details of what deal Trump wants.
I can (as can we all) speculate as to what that is, from a nation about 100 miles from Mar-a-Lago…but…
Was Maduro (the "head" of the regime) killed or the 75 Cubans were the head of Venezuela that was decapitated?
So it’s bloodless as long as Maduro himself didn’t bleed?
So if Iran’s current leader deposed without being hung from a streetlight or otherwise disposed of, then that’s a bloodless regime change?
If Ukraine’s current president is deposed without being….bloodied(?)….then the Russian special military whatever would have been a bloodless regime change?
Ahhhh…so if Zelenskyy or Khamenei come out of this with their heads still on their shoulders, but not in control of their countries…then these were options too? Bloodless options even?
"Leadership decapitation" in a strategic context means eliminating a group's key leaders (through killing, capture, or both) as a counterterrorism or military tactic to disrupt, weaken, or destroy the organization, but research shows its effectiveness varies, often failing to cause collapse and sometimes leading to increased violence or radicalization, especially in resilient, networked groups.
I'm wondering what is going to happen with the President who was actually elected & then exiled. Shouldn't he be installed until another election is called? Just askin....
Well, he took the place of a she, & Trump vetoed the she…& their party so he…is sidelined?
WASHINGTON ‒ Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal during their Jan. 15 meeting at the White House, an extraordinary gesture to try to earn Trump's backing.
Machado, speaking to reporters after the meeting ended, said she gave Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal, which Trump has long coveted, "as a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom." She did not say whether Trump accepted the medal.
The meeting was held as Machado is seeking Trump's approval to have a role in the Venezuelan government following the United States' Jan. 3 attack on Venezuela and capture of the country's president, Nicolás Maduro. Trump has instead embraced Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro's vice president, as the next leader, praising her cooperation as the United States begins to sell Venezuelan oil.
Venezuela's Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize — USA TODAY
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal during their Jan. 15 meeting.
Everything is so f**ked up that Trump has Jon Stewart defending... an oil company?! #dailyshow
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US military seizes Venezuela oil tanker under Trump sanctions — Guardian US
US Coast Guard and others boarded foreign-flagged crude carrier Veronica in a pre-dawn operation
Machado said she told Trump how the French general Marquis de Lafayette 200 years ago presented Venezuelan military officer Simón Bolívar a medal with President George Washington's face on it. Bolivar kept the medal for the rest of his life.
"It was given by General Lafayette as a sign of the brotherhood between the people of the United States and the people of Venezuela in their fight for freedom against tyranny," Machado said. "And 200 years (later), the people of Bolivar are giving back to their heir of Washington a medal, in this case, a medal of the Nobel Peace Prize."
Venezuela's Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump during their meeting — The Canadian Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Ma
Venezuela's Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize — USA TODAY
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal during their Jan. 15 meeting.
Indicting his enemies, trying to get late-night talkshows canceled and whinging about an award that apparently has no value – it all starts to get rather tiresome, like your mom re-litigating that time Beverly forgot to send a thank-you card after her wedding. How many times can one hear about the relatively low cost of postage before it’s time to move on to a different subject?
Trump’s approval rating is in the