Headfirst Into War
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The horrific attack on Venezuela overnight puts the U.S. in the same camp as Russia.
Jennifer RubinJan 03, 2026483100108Share
Americans probably still can be shocked and horrified. An undeclared, unprovoked, and illegal war designed to, well, we can only guess—though Donald Trump and JD Vance have seemed to concede this was a war for oil—puts the United States on the same moral and legal footing as Russia, which invaded its neighbor in a war of pure aggression. The U.S. president this weekend attacked a sovereign nation, killed its citizens, and kidnapped its leader.
Rep, Jim Himes, ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, said in a statement:
Maduro is an illegitimate ruler, but I have seen no evidence that his presidency poses a threat that would justify military action without Congressional authorization, nor have I heard a strategy for the day after and how we will prevent Venezuela from descending into chaos. Secretary Rubio repeatedly denied to Congress that the Administration intended to force regime change in Venezuela. The Administration must immediately brief Congress on its plan to ensure stability in the region and its legal justification for this decision.
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) aptly explained the constitutional outrage. "Trump rejected our Constitutionally required approval process for armed conflict because the Administration knows the American people overwhelmingly reject risks pulling our nation into another war," he declared on social media. "This will further damage our reputation—already hurt by Trump's policies around the world—and only isolate us in a time when we need our friends and allies more than ever." Indeed, Mexico already denounced the action. Others are sure to follow.
Any and all regime officials who insisted in congressional briefings that the boat strikes were about drugs, not regime change, lied to Congress as Kim and others have pointed out, and participated in a wholly unconstitutional war. Even Susie Wiles condeded in a recent Vanity Fair article that attacking the mainland would require congressional assent. So much for that.
The U.S. attorney general declared that the United States had indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on narcotics charges and will be tried in federal court. That outlandish proposition opens the seizure to scrutiny and raises the interesting possibility that Trump claims he enjoys immunity but not other heads of state.
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), an Iraq War veteran, posted a sobering warning: "I fought in some of the hardest battles of the Iraq War. Saw my brothers die, saw civilians being caught in the crossfire all for an unjustified war. No matter the outcome we are in the wrong for starting this war in Venezuela." He added, "Second unjustified war in my life time. This war is illegal, it's embarrassing that we went from the world cop to the world bully in less than one year. There is no reason for us to be at war with Venezuela."
It is hard not to conclude that the action is a "wag the dog moment" aimed at distracting the public from the Epstein files, the rotten economy, and Trump's declining health. It very well could supercharge Trump's lawless and violent domestic policies against migrants, civil society groups, and others on grounds that they are authorized by wartime powers. His rickety tower of constitutional rubbish will continue to build.
We should have no expectation that congressional Republicans will do anything to thwart Trump (the power of the purse, impeachment, activation of the War Powers Act). They have repeatedly caved in allowing his illegal attacks on boats and even the killing of survivors left adrift after the U.S. blew up their boat.
Democrats, however, should act to garner public support and reiterate the danger posed by MAGA. Impeachment of all concerned and future criminal prosecution where possible should be on the table. Funding for the government runs out this month, and a nonstop series of speeches to the American people during a second government shutdown would be edifying.
This mind-blowing attack is the direct result of a Supreme Court MAGA majority, and Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. specifically, who granted him broad immunitynever envisioned by the Framers. He has taken that and run with it—now headfirst into war.
The dangers to Americans in Venezuela and elsewhere, the potential for chaos or the ascension of an equally bad or noxious figure, international isolation and rebukes, and magnified economic uncertainty are all possible.
The Contrarian will have much more to say in the hours, days, and weeks ahead as we follow the ramifications of what, even for Trump, is a hideous assault on the Constitution.
UPDATE: A statement from Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), the ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, read in part, "Our Constitution places the gravest decisions about the use of military force in the hands of Congress for a reason. Using military force to enact regime change demands the closest scrutiny, precisely because the consequences do not end with the initial strike.
"If the United States asserts the right to use military force to invade and capture foreign leaders it accuses of criminal conduct, what prevents China from claiming the same authority over Taiwan's leadership? What stops Vladimir Putin from asserting similar justification to abduct Ukraine's president? Once this line is crossed, the rules that restrain global chaos begin to collapse, and authoritarian regimes will be the first to exploit it."
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Jennifer Rubin is a traitor
Trump is the traitor. He tried to overthrow our government on Jan 6th 2021
You're a little confused. When we are done everyone will be more prosperous, safer and happier.
Whether they want to or not. You will also tell them what the new definition of prosperous, safer and happier is.
isn't that what POS/POTUS said would happen after his 1st day in office?
Morning...wwweeellll I guess he had to do something as annexing Canada wasn't working out..
So does this mean Venezuela has now become America's 51st State??
Asking for a friend..😁
28 million new brownish citizens? Speaking Spanish? Under this administration? I wouldn’t count on it.
Puerto Rico first!
no, you're using logic and reason when you should be thinking like a maga.
trump took venezuela, and so far has gotten away with it, so now he gets to keep it. in the meantime, while POS/POTUS and his pals are selling off the country's resources for personal profit, the US taxpayers will pay to have the country remodeled, get the new plumbing and infrastructure installed, and then trump will visit (move in to) the luxurious new US ambassador's estate. then after our navy, air force, and army have built their new bases there with plenty of new military equipment, trump will rename venezuela after him and claim independence. his incompetent brigade of maga bimbo lawyers will then claim the US has no claims or jurisdiction, or even an extradition treaty, over trump's new kingdom of magaland ...
he'll make them leave, and then build a wall ...
Geez and how many billions is this going to cost the US..
Venezuela is another basket case along with Afghanistan and Iraq...
Soon as the US leaves it will implode...
The cost of caring for a few thousand Somali immigrants nets a massive increase in oil supply that will lower energy costs and denies our enemies a country a that evades and ignores western sanctions? Good deal. Now China and Russia better hope the Iranian terrorists remain in control.
enezuela is another basket case along with Afghanistan and Iraq..
Venezuela was a prosperous, relatively stable country before Chavez. Hopefully, a generation of socialist tyranny hasn't destroyed the culture that made Venezuela one of South America's success stories. But yes, the socialists have obviously done a ton of damage to the Venezuelan people that might not be easy to reduce.
bloody hell, we've got plenty of money now that we're starving the kids we've stopped inoculating around the world, and we're throwing people off welfare and making their health insurance unaffordable in this country ...
Ahhh silly me..how could I forget..
And here they just announced more medications going on the PBS for the New Year for cancer, arthritis, mental health, contraception and other rare diseases etc etc..
One of the cancer treatments I had was $12,000 a month now virtually free down to $31.60.. lucky it didn't cost me anything as I was on a trial.. another tablet was $20,000 a month now down to $31.60 a month..
Without these drugs I would have been gone 5 years ago..so more than happy to live on my sandbar..🦘
how much is that in american money? because I'd consider spending that monthly just to be able to make fun of you here daily. let's see, that's about $2 USD per day with unlimited insults ... ... very affordable.
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$12,000 Aussie is $8,000 US
$20,000 Aussie is $13,000 US
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Yet just another case of " Amore per tutti"?
got any facts to back up that "opinion"?
You get it
Right in this article she claims that our President went to war with Venezuela.
he didn't?
that doesn't prove she's a traitor.
Should we bring back the guillotine? Because you see traitors every where around you and it's people expressing their opinions. First Amendment? Remember that one? Or did they not cover that in your high school?
Frankly, Vic I don't want to live in a world with you in it. I don;t have a choice but I do have another one
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No, it was a law enforcement action. In case you don't know Maduro is wanted by the Southern District of New York.
Should we bring back the guillotine?
That was never part of US tradition.
Because you see traitors every where around you and it's people expressing their opinions.
I'll bet you've used that word more than I have. What's the matter, you don't like the sound of it anymore?
[✘] I [✘] think Lincoln was right. In the end it has to be one way or the other.
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since when does american LE agencies have jurisdiction in other countries, with the exception of our embassies?
Is Trump going to steal Venezuela's oil ?
That very well may be one of his reasons for this. Another front line reason is that Trump was told, years ago, and believes, that Venezuela manipulated American voting machines when he lost in 2020. Plus the people in Venezuela are not white, thus he doesnt give a shit about following the law in dealings with them.
Sadly, very sadly, we as Americans 100% cannot trust our president to be straight with us. This man hasnt been straight at any time over the last 30 or 40 years.
I didn't know that!
(What color are they?)
That is out and out hilarious. I guess some folks have no clue about the Spanish colonial influence or the fact that a large amount of Germans settled in Venezuela courtesy of the Vatican Rat Lines immediately after WW II. Thus, there are huge numbers of caucasian fair skinned, blond haired, blue eyed people in Venezuela of German heritage. Some people should really read up on world history before making blanket statements.
It doesn’t matter. They don’t speak English and don’t come from English ancestry, so they are brown. That’s how we do racism. We did it to the Irish, the Italians, and others. What actual color they are is really beside the point.
Sorry, the "ratlines" ended primarily in Argentina with some extending to, or relocating to Brazil or Chile.
Venezuela identifies as 58% white, of mostly Spanish descent, even though most or the population has some native American or African DNA markers.
The German's contribution was statistically negligible.
Either way that still invalidates the above comment above stating that "Plus the people in Venezuela are not white...".
IIRC, although smaller in number, some of them also settled in Paraguay.
Argentina was the primary arrival point for the Rat Line courtesy of Juan Peron. German's spread out multiple South American countries later, including Peru.
Genetically the statement isn't incorrect. Almost everyone in Venezuela has a percentage of central American Indian or African genes regardless of how they identify on government documents.
And for the longest time, white Spaniards were not considered white because of genetic ties to the Romans and Moors.
To white Europeans all Spaniards were considered Cholo, not white.
That's why Cubans fit right in and were used as secret police and spies in Venezuela.
I am sorry for your loss.
Well if you had been paying attention, the comment was made about the German influence in Venezuela due to the Nazi ratlines to Argentina.
One could say your own "AI" "research" proves that wrong because Germans were present in the 30's.
Your AI research however cannot provide a breakdown of people who identify as German Venezuelans.
Out of 29.7 million no one lists Germans as a legitimate subset of the Venezuelan population.
Demographics of Venezuela - Wikipedia
While the Germans are mentioned in most articles, they are almost immeasurable as your own "AI Research" has pointed out.
Thanks again for your service.
Musta missed something - what did I lose - and your welcome for the service which I would gladly do again - but they said they didn't need any over 75's door gunners.
Your objectivity, apparently.
those will probably be in the 2nd round of maga draftees ...
Why is that personal insult not flagged???
Probably for the same reason this insult wasn't flagged
And because the following statement defies your being anything near being objective.
Ok?
Just factual - something many miss.
As I said, the world view needs to be taken into consideration and, IMHO, the Dem/Libs have really turned the U.S. into a cesspool.
Well you certainly have the right to your opinion and the more you express it, the less credible you will become, IMHO.
Seriously?
POS/POTUS is almost too fucking predictable. he's again using taxpayer money, and now the US military, to enrich himself and his cronies ...
yep
The US will now be controlling Venezuela's oil until the time that Trump sees fit to allow the people of that country a small say in it.
Does anyone in their right mind believe that Trump is not going to personally financially benefit from this "arrangement". ?
Anthony Scaramucci said on his podcast a few days ago that Trump wants to make 20 billion dollars (for himself) before he leaves office. This is a part of it.
too bad he won't live long enough to spend it ...
gee, it sounds like another "the east wing of the white house won't be touched" type of trump lie ...
Why do you babble like that John - you have no friggin' idea what is going to happen in Venezuela.
I think I have followed Trumps behavior far more thoroughly than you have.
No you haven't John - unless you call all your knowledge based on the National Inquirer as knowing his behavior.
You know ONLY the negative that you want to impose.
Go for it.
LOL. At least your trying to be humorous.
I do that occasionally - but so many here can't catch them/it.
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IMO Trump created this crisis to be an effective public distraciton from two things:
1. The massive redactions in the released Epstein files cause the public to imagine even worse about Trump (who is well identified in them) than what actually might be factual whether or not what is redacted was damning or not.
2. The polls are negative for the Republicans in a Congressional election year, and would most likely put Congress back in the hands of the Democrats..
The horrific attack on Venezuela overnight puts the U.S. in the same camp as Russia
This reads like a Babylon Bee parody of progressive hysteria. That's it meant seriously is hilarious.
By all means, I'd love to see progressives defend equating the Maduro regime to the Ukrainian one.
You have turned Rubins sentence on its head.
She called the attack on the Maduro regime "horrific" and equated it to Russia attacking Ukraine.
Interesting that the liberal left said the same thing about continued warfare in Iran when we trashed their nuclear sites. It is the same in Venezuela. The US did only what they needed to do, which was get and arrest Maduro, and that is it. The unbridled hypocrisy of the hard core liberal Democrats in this country and nations like China, Russia, North Korea, Cuba and other adversarial nations is amazing.
In other words, you are all for, unbridled attacks in Somalia, Venezuela, without Congressional approval.
We aren't talking about attacking some island to save US medical students with the beneifit of embarassing Cuba.
We are talking about making up our own rules, aka , Putin, Kim and others.
Is that the "club" we want to belong to?
yeah, right ...
I'm no longer distressed by the unamerican statements of those you would think of as the standard bearers of preserving, protecting, and defending the US constitution and rule of law.
I liked Zelinski's comments and implications. If this is how we treat tyrants and dictators, Trump should know what to do next (about Putin) .
every world leader can smell trump's blood in the water now ...
Biden put a $25 million bounty on Maduro. Trump did what Biden was afraid to do. It requires ZERO congressional approval.
Congress disagrees. There is no myriad of UN agreements or sanctions against Maduro that would allow a military incursion into Venezuela.
House Republicans and GOP Senators believed Trump when he said this was drug interdiction, not regime change.
Now we find out that the insertion team built a replica and practiced for 3 months...to capture Maduro.
Now we find out that Trump notified the big oil companies before he notified Congress or his political allies.
Our behavior violates international law, the UN Charter and the terms of NATO.
I am not surprised however that lying, lawlessness and fascism go hand in hand.
While Trump removed Maduro, he placed the sitting VP in charge instead of the legally elected president and his VP who are in exile in Spain.
Trump leaves the whole "corrupt government of Maduro" in place while only removing Mr & Mrs Maduro.
Can't make this shit up...
You definitely need to learn how the real world works. If it had been done by the Dems/Libs, a national holiday with free passes to anywhere would have been declared, including FREE scholarships, medical, housing, wages, pensions compliments of the Dem/Lib victors.
So did you win the long straw or get the short one?
The point is, it probably never would have been done by anyone other than Republicans. At least Reagan went in to "rescue medical school students and Bush could cite the death of a US serviceman, threats to our military bases and dependents when he nabbed Noriega. Noriega was taking millions a year in CIA money to stop drug trafficking while he was, in fact, managing the drug trafficking and prospering from both sides.
Wow, such ridiculous rhetoric, sounds like you miss Alex jones and Rush L.
But once again, thank you for your decades of service.
no facts, just bullshit ...
Sean, is Trump going to steal Venezuelas oil, or just make a deal with people down there that is in effect the same result?
What does that mean? If you mean allow Venezuelan businesses to sell oil and hopefully eventually return the country to pre Chavez levels of prosperity, than Yes. Not sure how that equates to "stealing" though.
Your unsolvable problem is that you believe Trump is honest. That belief by the MAGA millions is destroying our country.
No, not in the slightest.
Well lets put it like this - you behave and react as if he is honest.
Trump is saying right now that the US will stay IN Venezuela until they partner with the US.
Partner about what?
The US is now going to run a foreign country ?
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"We're going to run the country"
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I would assume helping to set up the government that replaces the Maduro dictatorship. .
We're going to run the country"
Why did you cut the quote off there?
We're gonna run with their oil
Trump wants Venezuela's oil industry to benefit himself and his billionaire friends.
We are going to run Venezuela until we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition
The words "honest politicians" by definition constitute one of the biggest oxymorons in recorded history, but it is also largely a matter of degree as well. It is not confined to any one party or ideology.
We are going to run Venezuela until we soak them for tens of billions
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Trump just said the US will sell Venezuela's oil to other countries. And the profit goes to who?
Trump just said the US will sell Venezuela's oil to other countries
That’s how the free market works. Oil exporting countries sell their oil to other countries.
why would you want to punish the Venezuelan people who embargoing their oil?
Trumps says WE will sell Venezuela's oil. WE. We will take the profit.
Why you believe anything this man says is an eternal mystery.
His press conference today is unbelievable.
Why you believe anything this man says is an eternal mystery.
you are the one citing his words as sacred truth, not me.
Let me ask you this - since the US will be selling Venezuela's oil, who decides what percentage of the proceeds goes to the US and what percent goes to Venezuela?
Trump has been speaking to the nation for the past hour. If he is not telling the nation the truth what the fuck good is he?
Did he actually say that or have you taken to finish his sentences for him?
His supporters don't care what he says. They accept that their Dear Leader will lie. What they care about is having a strong man/dictatorial regime. That's how the reactionary mind works.
ho decides what percentage of the proceeds goes to the US and what percent goes to Venezuela?
Venezuelan oil is controlled by a state run company that has done what state run companies always do, they've run the industry into the ground so production is a fraction of what it was under private control. Maduros cronies will have to go. Then the company will no doubt partner with competent foreign firms to rebuild the industry and the company should be denationalized at some point. Getting that sorted will take time.
I have no idea how the details will work in the short term. Neither do you or anyone else at this point.
Trump has all but specifically said that he (the US) is going to take a large share of Venezuelas oil. (Its not our oil, its not US oil companies oil). Its the people of Venezuelas oil.
Do you think the people of Venezuela are better off under Maduro or with a democratically elected government? Is Venezuela in a better place right now or with Maduro in power?
Trump just made Maduro's totally corrupt Vice-President the new President, and said the opposition leader who won 70% of the vote in their last election "doesn't have the respect" needed to run the country. And yet, Trumpists propagandize that Trump is going to allow Venezuela to become some kind of democracy. Not a chance.
venezuela is just another prize he plans on keeping. an entire country and it's resources to exploit and develop, complete with 2nd class citizens and no pesky US laws or regulations to protect them. free to take and then market, at very reasonable prices, to proven maga loyalists wishing to escape the wholesale maga extermination in the US civil war, and wanting to live in the kingdom of trump ... /s
since she's in russia, I'll assume that trump told putin and he gave that VP a heads up to be out of town ...
Have you EVER known trump to NOT accept profit? No.
He’s turned down millions in salary as president.
LOL.
Yes, he gave up his salary, (allegedly), but then turned around and made close to 300 million in side deals... Nice try.
Lol. You claimed he's never turned down money. He's turned down millions.
That he also made money in other ways doesn't change that. Why you think that's relevant is a question only you can answer. He could have done all those things and kept the millions in salary too. Just admit you are wrong.
Just admit he MADE money as president.
Trump turns down his salary so he can make dumbasses believe he is a beneficent fellow.
That’s not what you claimed or what we are discussing, but I’m sure he did. What president hasn’t?
Yet he’s turned down millions. And dumbasses believe he would never turn down money
Your argument is pathetic.
Turning down the salary is a ruse.
No, he turned down his salary so people like you would believe he's, "giving back".
Put it another way... I'll give you $300k if you give me 4 million. But I gave you $300k, so I gave back... Right?
So he didn’t turn it down, or it’s a ruse. Make up your mind.
do you know how crazy it is to argue that someone you admit gave up 3.2 million dollars in salary would never turn down money? Words have meaning.
No, he turned down his salary so people like you would believe he's, "giving back".
lol. He is giving back, 3,2 million that he’s legally entitled to. Why he does it is as irrelevant as the reasons any other people who give back do.
the fact that you admit he turned down millions in salary while still claiming he never would turn down money migh he one of the incoherent arguments this site has seen, and that is saying something.
give you $300k if you give me 4 million. But I gave you $300k, so I gave back... Right?
excoet for trump could just keep both which is what he would do if there were any truth to your claim. Keep digging your hole deeper.
he turned down money. Millions he was entitled to. You said he never would. You were obviously wrong. Own it,
Cool, I will give you 3.2 million if you give me 300 million... Fair?
those zero salary claims could never withstand a bullshit test, especially this late in the evening ...
Trump refused his salary so that he could play his dumb fuck base like a fiddle and claim he's so generous and magnanimous which allows him to rob the treasury with impunity. They have their talking point, and he gets hundreds of millions in his pocket. He's even got them rooting for him to bilk the government out of more millions in what amount to supposed 'pain and suffering' payments from being supposedly 'wrongfully investigated'.
Why did you only quote PART of the statement? Why not put the whole statement up there? Could it be that the FULL statement doens't fit you idiotic narrative?
At any rate, the WHOLE STATEMENT was:
At least TRY to appear honest.
Is the POTUS supposed to be making money while in office? I thought that was illegal?
LOL!
Do you imagine it's international law that stops China or Russia from doing that? Really?
Do you think the CCP has spent the last 80 years hesitating to invade Taiwan because it's worried about the strength of its legal briefs, or because of the military costs of such an action and the threats of retaliation from Taiwan's allies?
Criminal conduct..or even other things we don't like...about any countries?
There are many countries in the world. (IIRC about 200!). I'm sure many are doing various things we don't like. Are we now going to take violent action vs. all the countries that are doing things we don't like?
Murdering their people...and sending Americans to die (or be seriously maimed for life) because those are doing something we don't like?
You are proceeding under the false idea that Nicolas Maduro was in fact the legally elected leader of Venezuela, which in fact he was not as his opponent actually won the election fairly, therefore Maduro does not fall under the category you alleged. He is nothing more than a cheap thug with that bus driver mentality!
Like Trump?
Like Noriega, he was not the recognized head of his country and his arrest pursuant to a criminal warrant is perfectly legal.
Marco Rubio said this military action was specifically justified in order to protect US law enforcement personnel.
At the same press conference Trump said we might hit them again. Are the law enforcement personnel who arrested Maduro still in Venezuela ?
Maduro was not the legal head of state. He's been under indictment in the US for years. What Rubio said doesn't contradict that, it just provides context for why it happened now.
the same press conference Trump said we might hit them again. Are the law enforcement personnel who arrested Maduro still in Venezuela ?
Why would that matter? As Obama and Biden demonstrated, the President has the power to "hit" countries without Americans being on the ground for national security reasons.
Rubio SAID the military attack was to defend the safety of US law enforcement personnel. Then Trump said that we might attack again for fun.
What does that make Rubio's comment?
Rubio's comment is true. But Trump did not say that, nor would another attack contradict what Rubio said. If the new government puts American interests at risk, of course it will be attacked again. There's nothing inconsistent about that.
We are now allowed to attack any country based on Trump's criminal regime claiming that country is putting our "interests at risk" ?
What interests? This is insanity and y'all have lost it.
Trump has previously suggested that Greenland being what it is puts US interests at risk. So you favor attacking Greenland?
Um.... That's what I do for a living, and I might add, it pays a lot more than you think dragging homeless trump supporters around all day.
The president has always had that power as commender in chief.
What interests? This is insanity and y'all have lost it
How would I know why something that hasn’t happened, happened?
So you favor attacking Greenland?
nope.
Yep.
Then you are inconsistent.
I hate when people disparage somebody's job. But I reserve the right to disparage sex symbols and prostitutes
Why do I think you will be cheering trmp on when he does attack Greenland?
Maybe because the MAGAites cheer on anything and everything that their Lord does. They appear to truly believe, “When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal.” and the SCOTUS conservative Justices in 2024 basically agreed. They turned on its head what the vast majority of Americans know is NOT how the constitution was meant to be read. Giving the executive unchecked power was exactly what our founders were attempting to prevent, but rightwing religious conservatives have shit on our nation and constitution in order to give themselves more power. Of course, when the next Democrat President is in office, they'll change their tune and proclaim anything a Democrat President wants to do is automatically illegal regardless of how many Americans voted for them. It's what they do. We should stop expecting any rational actions from rightwing religious conservatives, that would be like expecting the snake not to bite us. Lying, cheating, stealing, no moral depravity is too low for the religious conservative LARPER's who pray every day that their God comes and wipes out everyone that doesn't treat white conservative Christians as their masters.
meh, shit like this happens when some very wealthy and powerful males are caught with their dicks in children ...
WTF?
Certainly no decent human being would do anything like that!!!
The "War Monger" president who begged for the peace prize. FIFA should revoke their fake "peace prize".
Unbelievable that MAGA thought for a single second that Trump was for peace, when he was openly embracing and bragging about every dictator in the world.
Now America is the war monger, the aggressor, the invader, all for Trump's vanity and oil.
Good luck MAGA because it will be Trump, not Hillary, not Biden, not Kamala, that will institute the draft. Greenland is next!.
I guess now he gets to embrace Maduro in person, huh?
Bizarre to claim he's embracing dictators hours after he overthrew one and threatened another. But progressive narratives aren't really related to reality.
He should be in prison WITH Maduro.
... blowing maduro.
Especially after calling Putin's invasion of Ukraine "genius" in 2022.
Or when in Helsinki, after a side one on one with Putin, decided to believe Putin over our intelligence assessments, cause Putin place is what he helped do for Trumpy he did
Wag the dog grab the oil Putin type push to imitate his strong arm heros while destroying trust amongst our allies and the entire world.
Any Trump defenders want to explain how it was no big deal to vote for this sick orange fck again ?
Maduro is being charged with cocaine smuggling. Trump says each bombed boat had enough drugs on it to kill 25,000 Americans.
Cocaine itself does not kill anywhere near that many people. According to Trump he has saved 750,000 American lives through the boat bombings.
U.S. Overdose Deaths Decrease Almost 27% in 2024 | NCHS Pressroom | CDC
Where's his evidence that those boats carried cocaine?
How long before Trump says Venezuela owes the US half its oil because he got rid of Maduro ?
I am sure you will let us know when and if he does so I will wait.
The United States is the world's largest producer of oil, consistently leading global output for several years, followed by Saudi Arabia and Russia, which often trade the second and third spots, though figures vary slightly by source and year. The U.S. production surge is largely due to advancements in tight oil (shale) extraction, significantly increasing its share of the world's total oil supply.
Why do we need their oil then?????
We could always use it to restock our Strategic Petroleum Reserves that Joe Biden frittered away./s
Frittered away before the midterms to bring the price of gas down. That’s not even close to what the SPR was meant for.
Exactly!
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Like Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama before him?
Sounds like good company, not a solid condemnation at all.
His first trick was taking a dump on the Constitution.
So, if I defend the laws of the United States, the laws that say drug dealers should be arrested, charged and convicted if found guilty by a jury of their peers when they commit crimes and they should serve their sentence in accordance with our laws, then I'm 'defending drug dealers'? If I defend the laws of the United States that say only congress can declare war, am I defending 'drug lords'? Only in the minds of MAGAites is defending our laws and the constitution now somehow treasonous or anti-American.
The MAGAverse is now so far from what it is to be a true patriotic American it is all but unrecognizable. I would use the words of U.S. Army attorney Joseph Welch, "At long last, have you left no sense of decency, sir?", if I thought any of them actually had a shred of decency left among them, but they clearly do not. They have abandoned our American ideals in favor of expedient power to try and enforce their ridiculous fantasy white Christian culture on the rest of society and for them, the ends justify the means. They have no low they will not sink to, no law they will not break in their quest for rightwing white conservative Christian dominance.
Is Trump putting Maduro in the same prison where he's keeping Honduran ex-President/Drug Lord Hernandez? They could share a cell... Oh, wait...
I guess Maduro shouldn’t be too worried, since we all know how hard DJT is on prolific drug kingpins. As long as Maduro doesn’t have pee tapes or wasn’t running a pedophile pimping operation with DJT he should be fine.
trump is going to torture maduro by making him listen to the stolen election conspiracy theories for hours and then make him sign a confession about venezuela hacking the election machine software when fat don lost in 2020 ...
all maduro has to do is tell trump how great he is, agree to everything trump wants, hand him a pile of cash and some beachfront property for the new trump resort, condos, and golf course, and *poof*, it's pardon time ...
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“Trump talks tough on Venezuela, but admires thugs and dictators like Nicolas Maduro,” Biden said. “As President, I will stand with the Venezuelan people and for democracy.”
Watching democrats just pivot from talking point to talking point without a principle in the world. Now they stand with Maduro,,,
The only thing biden did for the venezuelan people was to allow thousands of tda gang bangers to leave venezuela and enter the US.
Did Trump reveal his new name for Venezuela yet? Trumpezuela has a nice ring to it.
lots of choices ...
The Donald J. Trump Imperial Colony of Venezuela.
The Donald J. Trump, Very Big, Enormous Even, Colony of Peniszuela...
Reino de las Agresoras Infantiles ...
kingdom of child molesters
what democrats are thinking….
Even if we sold all of that oil at 1/4 the price we would gain $4 trillion which is enough to open 4 more daycare centers in Minneapolis
That maybe putting our young men in women in harm's way in order to steal $4 trillion in oil from a foreign country might be abandoning the western democracy values America has been at least publicly supporting for the last century. That actions like this do our nation more harm than good and jeopardize or at least strain our relationships with many global partners. But hey, no one has ever accused rightwing conservatives of being moral or intelligent so it's no wonder they seem gleeful in their support for such action.
The United States is the world's largest producer of oil, consistently leading global output for several years, followed by Saudi Arabia and Russia, which often trade the second and third spots, though figures vary slightly by source and year. The U.S. production surge is largely due to advancements in tight oil (shale) extraction, significantly increasing its share of the world's total oil supply.
Why do we need their oil????
Because many of our refineries are optimized for heavy, sour crude like that from Venezuela. We have been gradually modifying our refineries to better handle domestic light, sweet crude but many refineries are more cost effective with sour crude and that often comes from imports.
Do you seriously think trump would turn down an opportunity to put some money is his own pocket? Really?
A thief has a car. Why does he steal someone else’s car? This isn’t rocket science. Just stop trying to couch Trump as anything other than who he is - a fucking lowlife commander in thief.
Maduro’s Fall Turns Long-Shot Polymarket Bets Into Overnight Wins
A U.S. military operation removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power early Jan. 3, 2026, abruptly resolving a series of high-profile Polymarket prediction markets that had been tracking his potential exit for months. Within hours of the announcement, contracts tied to Maduro’s removal closed at full value, triggering large payouts for traders who had wagered on an outcome most had viewed as unlikely just days earlier.
Maduro’s Fall Turns Long-Shot Polymarket Bets Into Overnight Wins – Bitcoin News
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Completely on the up and up
So between this and the Iran mission, Pete Hegseth has got to be the most successful Defense (War) Secretary we've had in decades. Reverses the stink of the Afghan withdrawal.
No this totally proves trumpy deserves a peace prize LOL
Anybody besides me would like to see how Kegsbreath would have handled the Afghan withdrawal?
I had a lot of other creative things in mind for him, with a military theme ...
Maybe we're all looking at this the wrong way....
Perhaps this isn't Trump's plan, perhaps it is his high lord and master Putin's plan. Get the US involved in 1 or more other wars, pull our allies into these pissant wars, and we won't be able to afford to help Ukraine.