“The difference between Iraq and this is that (the US) didn’t keep the oil. We’re going to keep the oil,” Trump told MS NOW. “In 2016, I said we should have kept the oil. It caused a lot of controversy. Well, we should have kept the oil. And we’re going to rebuild their broken-down oil facilities, and this time we’re going to keep the oil.”

  • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    He is literally arguing that the comparison is unfair because his venture in Venezuela is significantly less justified than even the absurdly illegal invasion of Iraq.

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      That’s his only saving trait: how absurdly dumb he is and how transparently he exposes the corruption.

      And the “drain the swamp” crowd love it.