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The Japan Times
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles revealed internal tensions in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration over issues from immigration enforcement to government downsizing in an interview published Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/world/politics/trump-wiles-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #susiewiles

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Matt Blaze
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@mattblaze@federate.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

@SteveBellovin and which tankers are "sanctioned" here? Which sanctions?

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@six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@mattblaze @SteveBellovin
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#sanctioned #venezuela

#SusieWiles spilled this tidbit... with #VanityFair

“He wants to keep on blowing boats up until 😭 #Maduro cries uncle,” Wiles told Vanity Fair’s
⭕️ #ChrisWhipple

“And people way smarter than me on that say that he will.”

What does crying “uncle” entail? That verbiage offers itself more to a U.S. backed 🌎coup rather than the new war on drugs that the administration claims (without proof) to be fighting.

@sleet01
Thx 4 orig Steve boost

We better wake up, the Trump administration is trying to look nice


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/18/trump-regime-change-cuba-venezuela-marco-rubio/

...Venezuela under Hugo Chavez stepped into the breach and began supplying Cuba with 100,000 barrels of cheap oil every day, a fraction of the bountiful reserves in the Orinoco Delta – which remain the largest in the world. At a crucial moment, Venezuela threw Cuba what Sabatini calls a “lifeline”.

And one person who took that personally was a young Cuban-American called ⭕️Marco Rubio, then a mere “city commissioner” (or councillor) in Miami, who was destined to become the Republican senator for Florida and, now, US secretary of state and national security adviser.

⭕️Rubio is the first Cuban-American ever to hold the two latter positions. Having spent a lifetime steeped in the visceral anti-Communism of south Florida, the home of exiles from 🌎Cuba and 🌎Venezuela, he suddenly has a chance to rid the western hemisphere of both regimes.

Venezuela without Maduro would no longer be 🌎Cuba’s lifeline. And without that lifeline, Cuba’s own regime would be vulnerable.

There is little doubt that ⭕️Rubio, at least, has exactly that in mind. “He’s been a politician in the anti-Communist hothouse of south Florida,” says Sabatini. “For him, this is a very personal project. He’s in regular touch with the 🌎Venezuelan opposition – and 🌎Cuba is the next step.”
We better wake up, the Trump administration is trying to look nice https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/18/trump-regime-change-cuba-venezuela-marco-rubio/ ...Venezuela under Hugo Chavez stepped into the breach and began supplying Cuba with 100,000 barrels of cheap oil every day, a fraction of the bountiful reserves in the Orinoco Delta – which remain the largest in the world. At a crucial moment, Venezuela threw Cuba what Sabatini calls a “lifeline”. And one person who took that personally was a young Cuban-American called ⭕️Marco Rubio, then a mere “city commissioner” (or councillor) in Miami, who was destined to become the Republican senator for Florida and, now, US secretary of state and national security adviser. ⭕️Rubio is the first Cuban-American ever to hold the two latter positions. Having spent a lifetime steeped in the visceral anti-Communism of south Florida, the home of exiles from 🌎Cuba and 🌎Venezuela, he suddenly has a chance to rid the western hemisphere of both regimes. Venezuela without Maduro would no longer be 🌎Cuba’s lifeline. And without that lifeline, Cuba’s own regime would be vulnerable. There is little doubt that ⭕️Rubio, at least, has exactly that in mind. “He’s been a politician in the anti-Communist hothouse of south Florida,” says Sabatini. “For him, this is a very personal project. He’s in regular touch with the 🌎Venezuelan opposition – and 🌎Cuba is the next step.”
We better wake up, the Trump administration is trying to look nice https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/18/trump-regime-change-cuba-venezuela-marco-rubio/ ...Venezuela under Hugo Chavez stepped into the breach and began supplying Cuba with 100,000 barrels of cheap oil every day, a fraction of the bountiful reserves in the Orinoco Delta – which remain the largest in the world. At a crucial moment, Venezuela threw Cuba what Sabatini calls a “lifeline”. And one person who took that personally was a young Cuban-American called ⭕️Marco Rubio, then a mere “city commissioner” (or councillor) in Miami, who was destined to become the Republican senator for Florida and, now, US secretary of state and national security adviser. ⭕️Rubio is the first Cuban-American ever to hold the two latter positions. Having spent a lifetime steeped in the visceral anti-Communism of south Florida, the home of exiles from 🌎Cuba and 🌎Venezuela, he suddenly has a chance to rid the western hemisphere of both regimes. Venezuela without Maduro would no longer be 🌎Cuba’s lifeline. And without that lifeline, Cuba’s own regime would be vulnerable. There is little doubt that ⭕️Rubio, at least, has exactly that in mind. “He’s been a politician in the anti-Communist hothouse of south Florida,” says Sabatini. “For him, this is a very personal project. He’s in regular touch with the 🌎Venezuelan opposition – and 🌎Cuba is the next step.”
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Nonilex
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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago

The list provided phonetic pronouncers for all the Russian men expected at the summit, including "Mr. President POO-tihn."

Pages 6 & 7 in the packet described how lunch at the summit would be served, and for whom. A menu included in the documents indicated that the luncheon was to be held "in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin."

#Trump#NationalSecurity #idiocracy #kakistocracy

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@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago

A seating chart shows that #Putin & #Trump were supposed to sit across from each other during the luncheon. Trump would be flanked by: Secy of State #MarcoRubio, Secy of #Defense#PeteHegseth & WH Chief of Staff #SusieWiles to his right, & Secy of #Treasury#ScottBessent, Secy of #Commerce#HowardLutnick & Special Envoy for Peace Missions #SteveWitkoff to his left. Putin would be seated next to his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey #Lavrov, & his Aide for Foreign Policy, Yuri #Ushakov.

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The Japan Times
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago

Though they had declared themselves "retired," Iran-linked hackers have threatened to disclose more emails stolen from U.S. President Donald Trump's circle following the 12-day air war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/world/politics/iran-hackers-trump-aide-emails/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #hacking #iran #susiewiles #us #donaldtrump #republicans

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