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.
It’s not a colonialist threat. It’s effectively an act of war.
Russia conducts special military operations, while the US is fighting terrorism. It’s all the same. Except our media outlets - in the case of my country, mostly American - will only speak about one of the two. Let’s do our best to spread the word more or less evenly.
All empires will fall. They have to. Otherwise there’s no future for humanity.
I’m hoping that the chain-of-command is so broken because of the bumblefucks in charge at the top that Venezuela actually gets some good licks in ala Ukraine to Russia.
I know its doubtful, but a man can dream.
Just wait 'til Trump sets his eyes on Colombia and Panama. There’s a reason he’s unilaterally renamed that gulf…
I mean it’s basically just declaring war. It’s the US acting unilaterally to attack a foreign nation for no reason at all. Granted that’s nothing new, but at least with Iraq and Afghanistan, Bush got permission from Congress through the Iraq Resolution (and the AUMF Against Terrorists Act in Afghanistan’s case) before he actually invaded. I get the feeling Trump isn’t even going to ask, he’s just going to attack Venezuela, get dragged into a war, and die.
Then again, Obama attacked Libya without congressional approval, and while Congress could have done something about it, they didn’t.
They have oil. That’s the reason.
It’s not even good oil though! It’s hard to refine.
Baby don’t care. Baby, drill!
But the US has a lot of refineries on the Texan coast, which are designed to refine Venezuelan oil. Canadian crude can not be easily supplied, due to KeystoneXL having been blocked and Mexican crude is just not enough to run those refineries at capacity.
why not do something useful like ATTACK RUSSIA!
fucking traitors.
Don’t worry everyone. Some democrat will post a very safe and polite tweet soon.
They write a sternly worded letter.
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?
Does the Swiss based Nestle want the water for their plastic bottles?
i think they have 2nd highest amount of oil/gas deposit outside of the ME.
Actually they have the largest proven oil reserve in the world, although it is a composition that needs more processing to turn into fuel. Which may make it unique for precursors for certain plastics, pharmaceuticals or advanced materials.
Top estimated reserves are:
- Venezuela 48 Gm³
- KSA 42 Gm³
- Iran 33 Gm³
- Canada 26 Gm³
As for gas reserves, it’s
- Russia 47.8 Tm³
- Iran 33.5 Tm³
- Qatar 24.3 Tm³
- USA 9.1 Tm³
thats why the oil barrons want it,
Oh, Mr Nobel peace prize is just grouchy.
Mrs. Nobel peace prize is inviting him in with open arms, so he might as well get the next one
Sooo… Venezuela might be the 51st state in the USA soon?
Fuck this nazi shit country of the united christofascist goat fucking america
Thr anti-war candidate, according to the nyt and wapo opinion sections
War = Peace
The post above this was:
As Epstein files release looms, questions abound on what happens next: ‘Possibilities are endless’
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.
It’s fully regulated to bet on politics of other countries, we don’t all live in the USA
Its like 90% timing of politics too. So since they are all either owner by Trump and his inner circle or are friends with them they can just call Trump up to delay or accelerate something a day of the odds get too lopsided.
There’s Bookmakers, who are professionals responsible for estimating likelihood of events using maths
But they can become corrupted, or simply told “you’re not allowed to accept bets on this subject, ever, or lose your license”
Sounds familiar.
Ew, AI slop
You DO know that Asimov’s Foundation series has been around for at least 70 years now, giving humans plenty of time to make fancy posters and cover art?
Bluntly, your type of “Ew, AI slop”, is dumb and disingenuous. It became an excuse to hate stuff, no matter the merits, context, or source.
Yes I’m aware the book series is from the 50s, it’s excellent.
But the image is AI slop. It’s very clear of that. Have a look at the letters around the edge, they blur and artefact in a way no human would do, and the same generic overly rendered hair that they always have in AI slop.
I’m on about the ugly-ass image, which is very very clearly made by AI.
Another telltale sign is inconsistent level of detail, stuff like a heavily rendered background element right next to a loosely rendered foreground element, something humans would never do.
If you don’t see it, I dunno what to tell you.
he using nixons method, go to war with drugs/vietnam, in order distract from his political problems, its a time honored tradition amongst conservatives.
Nixon’s war on drugs was for voter disenfranchisement, not distraction.
The war in Vietnam was for the US’s absolutely rabid anti-communism and racist yellow peril
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.
Remember when he was against running for president and even joining the political scene entirely?
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.
You’re not wrong. But what is missing is all the cult building that he did since them. He built his entire political career on mentioning things other politicians refused to mention and then gaining loyalty for it. While, at the same time, literally doing nothing about any of the popular ideas he mentioned.
He’s desperate to use anything he can to declare martial law, either by triggering mass anti-war protests or simply using the war as an excuse to suspend elections.
Every single fucking MAGAt, including Barron, should be lining up at the US Army recruiting offices signing up for 11 Bravo.
And every single liberal should be protesting this in all the ways they’ve been saying Russian civilians ought to.
