@randahl 1. Venezuela crude is cruddy. The US has extensive shale reserves and is a net energy exporter. There’s no future is processing Venezuelan crude

2. Trump promised manufacturing jobs. An old fashioned war with Venezuela would do just that

3. Trump doesn’t know where the current war is being fought or the technologies reinventing warfare (Europe).

(This is why gerontocracy must end. TIA’s or mild dementia aren’t great for our foreign or economic policies)

@randahl And to distract from the #EpsteinFiles. Can a president start a war without approval of the congres?

@randahl Which is also why he's threatening military action against Nigeria. Oil. Minerals. Land for golf courses in Lagos.

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Odd how the USA keeps invading countries who are not Bank for International Settlements members too…

@randahl Even if one has no ethical objections, Venezuela seems like an abjectly terrible idea because, while their reserves are large, they are already fairly dependent on foreign expertise. A lot of the refining capacity well suited to their crude is already in the US, and PDVDSA only really does trickier deposits in cooperation with one multinational or another that has strong technical chops. No way you'd be able to get a boot on their neck for less than the royalties they'd settle for.

@randahl you are ascribing far, far too much intelligence to people who basically openly emailed about committing felony rape and more.

You want to know why Venezuela?

Maduro didn't scrape and bow for Twitler, and the 'opposition' leader they're backing to topple him is to the right of Hitler and happy to play ball with the same.

@randahl Don't forget Nigeria.

@randahl and if you thought Iraq was a tough place.....

@randahl Many wars, conflicts and skirmishes the US has been involved in since its inception have been about resource protection (of our corporate or national assets).

What is being done now is raw imperialism. Taking other people's resources by military force. It isn't about stopping the flow of drugs.

This is how Russia operates. Instead of selling goods and services overseas, the economy is propped-up by stolen resources. The end result - unproductive society with one rich guy at top.

@randahl i wonder what the rest of the world does when he invades both countries

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The orange clown also threatened to go "guns a blazin" into Nigeria. I doubt it has nothing to do with their giant oil reserves

@randahl Venezuela is a communist hellhole where dictators stay in power by sacrificing the lives of their own citizens. I would love to see Maduro and the others hanging just like Saddam.

@randahl considering the threats Trump made against Canada as well, I'd think there's several things in common, both vast land with ressources but also, northern countries in a warming world.. and who knows, maybe the proximity to Russia as well could be a factor

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There are major consequences:

UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk-suspends-caribbean-intelligence-sharing-us

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This is sick shit! I thought rank and file were sworn to the Constitution not an administration.

@randahl Heavens he threatens to annex Canada every few weeks. No one here takes it remotely seriously.

@randahl

Someone I instafollowed is calling the #Trump saber-rattling at #Venezuela the #EpsteinWar

@randahl As all of our other adversaries around the world know where our power is on the seas they are free to attack other areas of the world.

@randahl and soon after that “Operation Northern Spear” will come

@randahl the demented dipshit has also threatened Nigeria, Canada, Panama and Iran.

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To me, it's just further proof that it's not Trump, it's #project2025 to use him as an "instrument" for interests.

I think it's common sense that he's simply incapable of planning anything other than satisfying his own ego.

@randahl Greenland will also claim a part of the north pole

@randahl I suspect they will wait with any attack until the Trump-friendly opposition Nobel peace prize winner has collected.