Venezuela has accused Donald Trump of making a “colonialist threat” after he said the airspace around the country should be considered closed.
The country’s foreign ministry called Trump’s comments “another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people”.
The US does not legally have the authority to close another country’s airspace, but Trump’s online post could lead to travel uncertainty and deter airlines from operating there.
Just so it’s clear, Venezuela has ample oil, and holds one of the world’s top ten supplies of fresh water.
Didn’t they also heavily develop a lithium extraction industry in the last decade or so?
i think they have 2nd highest amount of oil/gas deposit outside of the ME.
Well, this is the new world order now. This is what Russia drove the world into: it’s now ok for larger countries to just annex (parts of) smaller countries.
If other nations don’t like it, just hang on to it until enough people forget that you didn’t own it in the first place.
Accurate and undeniable.
Wouldn’t ‘Imperialist’ be more accurate than ‘Colonist’ though?
I don’t think Trump wants a new American Colony in Venezuela, he just wants their resources and (unpaid) labor.
I’m old enough to remember when trump would pretend to be opposed to foreign military adventures. He literally built his political career on shitting on the neocons that launched us into illegal wars like what we did in Iraq.
Im certain the nobel commitee is currently scrambling how to not give him an award without triggering an international incident.
And the actions surrounding Venzuela kinda prove that Trump is willing to go to war to receive his peace price.
The post above this was:
As Epstein files release looms, questions abound on what happens next: ‘Possibilities are endless’
he using nixons method, go to war with drugs/vietnam, in order distract from his political problems, its a time honored tradition amongst conservatives.
If the prediction markets weren’t all owned by Trump and his cronies I would bet that boots go on the ground whatever day they are supposed to turn over the files.
I’m ignorant of the culture and structure of these markets still.
Would the market have to set up a bet for this? Can you propose it? How would it work?
It’s unregulated bookies. You would be better off betting a stranger in a pub.
What’s even the thought there, you shot boats claiming they had drugs on them, are they claiming every plane is also carrying drugs? Why wouldn’t they just intercept them at the runway in the U.S. to sieze the drugs if any of it was drugs coming to the U.S. supposedly?
They’re trying to put all the fish in one barrel. They’re doing a similar tactic with trans people in the US by fucking with passports
Why wouldn’t they just intercept them at the runway
Gotta justify $850 billion military budget somehow, plus Donny and Petey get a hate boner blowing up brown people
Agreed. And why not just intercept the boats too? More proof that it wasn’t about the drugs.
Because it was never about drugs.
Well, it definitely wasn’t about the friends we made along the way. We’re actively trying to backstab each and every one.
I’m sure you’ll figure it out when they start ‘finding drugs’ on their domestic enemies.
China closes the airspace over Taiwan
Has a different meaning to everyone when you change the country names
Perhaps go with the original.
Russia illegally annexes Crimea.
Honestly this comment is just so confusing and baffling I’m just dumbfounded. What on earth do you mean? The relationship between China and taiwan is nothing like the relationship between the US and Venezuela
Edit: even if it was…why would it just be presumed to be cool that China close the airspace around Taiwan? Wtf
Henry Rollins would be shaking his head at your lack of understanding
That’s rather the point? See how ridiculous is sounds in a different context?
To me it doesn’t. It is still bad. At least with China and Taiwan we know what they want, with Venezuela it is just speculation. Nobody believes it is drugs.
My speculation is that he isn’t planning to invade and this is to push Venezuela and other Latin American countries to develop closer relationship with Russia. He did it with Iran, China, India and others.
Speculation? Let me speculate it’s the same reason as Iraq 2, Iraq 1, Iran (Shah)…
We know what they want in Venezuela too. It’s their oil reserves.
It’s also to reduce Russia’s influence in South America.
I don’t think it does.
Just ml and hexbear on that one
Why? Venezuela is not a portion of the USA. This is straight US invasion. Like Zionists inventing “Israel” and invading Palestine.
So you mean it’s exactly like China and Taiwan?
Taiwan has never been ruled by the PRC
