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RE: Noteworthy News
January 4, 2026 at 11:43 am
(January 4, 2026 at 11:09 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (January 4, 2026 at 8:18 am)Belacqua Wrote: Yes, that makes sense.
Each regime change, each theft of natural resources, is a little different. Justifications and results vary.
Trump is maybe the first to not bother with any kind of political theater or justification. We want it, we're tough, we take it.
I'm curious what will happen to the unfortunate Venezuelans who now live on top of Trump's oil. I hope their country doesn't collapse into chaos, as happened in other US interventions.
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So do I. But people who know more about this than I do are saying that a Venezuelan civil war is a real possibility depending largely on who Trump anoints as a successor to Maduro.
Not to mention that Trump’s promise to station US troops on Venezuelan oil fields isn’t going to sit well with the citizens.
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RE: Noteworthy News
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 am
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(January 4, 2026 at 11:38 am)Angrboda Wrote: Early reports are that Trump intends to push Maduro's VP, Rodriguez. I don't suspect that would go well with most Venezuelans and the opposition.
Rodriguez has allegedly done a runner - she says she’s in Russia, the Russians say she isn’t.
I’m mildly surprised that Trump isn’t supporting Machado. In a lot of ways, she’s the South American version of Margaret Thatcher and has called Trump ‘a visionary’.
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RE: Noteworthy News
January 4, 2026 at 12:01 pm
(January 4, 2026 at 11:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (January 4, 2026 at 11:38 am)Angrboda Wrote: Early reports are that Trump intends to push Maduro's VP, Rodriguez. I don't suspect that would go well with most Venezuelans and the opposition.
Rodriguez has allegedly done a runner - she says she’s in Russia, the Russians say she isn’t.
I’m mildly surprised that Trump isn’t supporting Machado. In a lot of ways, she’s the South American version of Margaret Thatcher and has called Trump ‘a visionary’.
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She got the Nobel Peace Prize 2025. He chances to get support from Trump are exactly zero.
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RE: Noteworthy News
January 4, 2026 at 12:01 pm
(January 4, 2026 at 11:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (January 4, 2026 at 11:38 am)Angrboda Wrote: Early reports are that Trump intends to push Maduro's VP, Rodriguez. I don't suspect that would go well with most Venezuelans and the opposition.
Rodriguez has allegedly done a runner - she says she’s in Russia, the Russians say she isn’t.
I’m mildly surprised that Trump isn’t supporting Machado. In a lot of ways, she’s the South American version of Margaret Thatcher and has called Trump ‘a visionary’.
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She beat him out for the Nobel Peace Prize. That's unforgivable in his eyes.
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RE: Noteworthy News
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 pm
That's because Trump is an idiot. She won the prize for efforts taken before 2025, but it's probably the case that he thinks he was unfairly slighted for his efforts since resuming the presidency.
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RE: Noteworthy News
January 4, 2026 at 12:25 pm
(This post was last modified: January 4, 2026 at 12:26 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The shillbillys giving up the game on social media. Apparently, we're swinging our dicks to prove that we're a "great power". What kind of broke dick america hater wonders whether or not we're great and needs a proof of greatness by way of kidnapping venezuelans?
Oh, right, the potus.
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RE: Noteworthy News
January 4, 2026 at 12:38 pm
(January 4, 2026 at 12:25 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: The shillbillys giving up the game on social media. Apparently, we're swinging our dicks to prove that we're a "great power". What kind of broke dick america hater wonders whether or not we're great and needs a proof of greatness by way of kidnapping venezuelans?
Oh, right, the potus.
I could be wrong (I hope I am), but I don’t see this being a quick-and-easy for Trump. I can easily envision this becoming a proxy war with both China and Russia backing the old guard and the US trying to support the new regime.
Gee, a proxy war in a jungle. When was the last time THAT happened?
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RE: Noteworthy News
January 4, 2026 at 1:05 pm
Belacqua Wrote:I'm curious what will happen to the unfortunate Venezuelans who now live on top of Trump's oil. I hope their country doesn't collapse into chaos, as happened in other US interventions.
Why did you wait until now to be concerned about the wellbeing of Venezuelans considering that Venezuelan economy was already collapsed under Maduro with one forth of population emigrating from the country? It certainly can't be worse now than it was.
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RE: Noteworthy News
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 pm
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RE: Noteworthy News
January 4, 2026 at 2:29 pm
^Mr. Leon and Ms. Fordham seems to have forgotten that Trump is prone to making announcements that simply appear in his head, with or without consultation.
That said, it wouldn’t surprise me if Big Oil were to jump on this opportunity with both feet.
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