Trump said that Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodríguez, would help the United States run Venezuela. She quickly said the opposite.

Trump said Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president and would act as a partner in letting the United States run the country.

“She’s essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again,” he said.

Less than two hours later, Ms. Rodríguez — who was Nicolás Maduro’s vice president — delivered a televised address to Venezuela that made clear she viewed the United States as an illegal invader that must be rejected.

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    I’m an American and believe the nations of the world should sanction us into economic ruin over this (and everything else from the last year).

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      Nah. Just a targeted police action to arrest the rogue elements who purport to be the lawfully elected government.

      They’d be justified in sanctions, but I don’t think that it would actually accomplish anything. The people doing this shit don’t give a flying fuck about them because it would hurt you and me, not them.

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        I support bombing both DC and Mar a Lago. Or, just bomb one of the golf courses he’s at. He’s such an easy target for anyone that wants to kill him.

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    On the one hand, Maduro’s leadership is illegitimate and horrible.

    That said, the US isn’t invading because they want to bring peace and democracy to them. It’s because they want to get oil production for private businesses back into the country and because they didn’t “fall in line”.

    Fucking US Imperialism revival going on…

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      Yes. If they intervened right after the elections, there could be an argument, but now it’s obvious that it’s only about business. Trump and his cronies don’t give a shit about democracy

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    It’s insane how fast MAGA went from no wars to “we are so happy that a dictator was removed and the people of Venezuela are happy!”

    WTF!?!? It’s batshit crazy the lengths they go to to justify all his illegal actions.

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    Even if she was willing to collab with the yankees, she no longer can appear that way after the terrorists ran their mouths about that.

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    Were they really expecting Venezuela to welcome the US as their new puppeteer just because they kidnapped their leader?

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      I mean, do you remember W Bush’s post war Iraq plans? The party hasn’t gotten any less myopic since then.

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      Have you seen modern US military engagements? Those motherfuckers dont learn from their mistakes.

      Well actually, they do. Theyve learned starting conflicts makes weapons manufacturers and military contractors big dollars. Especially when the economy is cooling off.

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    She has bigger balls than me, brave but I don’t think this will help her or Venezuela.

    Regardless, it’s nice to see people stand up against Goliath

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      The US is only an imaginary powerhouse. The only real useful tool at our disposal are our nuclear weapons. The US hasnt won a war since WW2, and even then we were given such an upper hand in that fight by joining late and the Soviets changing sides, theres no shot we would have even won that war without Russia.

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        For an imaginary powerhouse, they sure pulled off the special forces operation of my lifetime, no casualties and kidnapping a President and his wife so he doesn’t get lonely.

        That’s a lot of resources to pull that off, satellites, AWACs, God knows what else. It’s a flex.

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          Wasnt a port bombed? Are you sure there are no civilian casualties? It also seems like the operation was successful but the end goal of installing a puppet government is going the wrong direction

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            No, I’m not even positive that was Maduro in photo. I’m just taking their claims for what they are worth.

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          Power isnt about inflicting death and destruction its about getting others to willingly do what you want. Americans used to understand this, once.

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            Okay allow me to rephrase to MILITARY POWER or MURDER POWER or whatever you wish with regards to death and destruction.

            USA is pretty good, don’t you think?

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        Yeah, we’re so imaginary we’ve kept Taiwan free and the CCP contained all this time, among dozens of other things. Opposing forces have said going against our special forces is like fighting against aliens because we’re so advanced, methodical and well trained.

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          What does “contained” mean? China is probably the most influential global power right now due to economic pressure that the US ceded to them. They dont exactly need Taiwan for anything, why would they go to war over that country and risk thermonuclear destruction of the earth?

          And Im unaware of any forces talking about our special forces, i dont go looking for that information.

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    Nothing Trump ever does ever lasts more than a few hours.

    “We conquered Venezuela”

    Two hours later: “No, you didn’t”

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      I think this is a situation where it’s fair to ask for proof of what you’re claiming. By no means am I saying you’re wrong, but I’d like to understand why you think this is so.