I'm yelling at the television!

[yellow dahlia]

Actually - I'm yelling at the grifting maniac in chief and Rubio.

The grifter started his press conference by saying "This is big stuff". Like an excited child.

He continued to describe the events as if he was bragging about winning a sporting event. As if he were describing the sequencing and bells and whistles of a video game.

And I yelled at Rubio - stopped trying to hide that smirk, Marco.

He just announced we are going to run Venezuela for the short term, until.....(I'm not even sure what).

And he is bragging that if "we" have to we have a second wave.

He is a little kid playing a game with peoples' lives. He loves the power and the control over others. He loves describing conquest. Everything is a game to him. Everything is a reality tv show to him.

I am spewing rant and swear words.

[marble falls]

1. Time to hit the Lounge!

[Raven123]

2. "WE ARE GOING TO RUN THE COUNTRY." What the hedoublehockeysticks

Was Senator Lee ok with that?

[yellow dahlia]

5. I know. Seriously???!!!!!

I turned to Mr. Dahlia and said - we're gonna run it until what...until when?

[MadameButterfly]

78. until we've taken all the oil

[yorkster]

14. Forget the hockey sticks- it's hell hell hell.

And more to come no doubt.

[yellow dahlia]

26. Hell on earth to those already destabilized and hungry in Venezuela.

[dweller]

3. we are going to run Venezuela

(Into the ground )

😑





✌🏻

[yellow dahlia]

6. Exactly.

Destabilizing an already destabilized country.

How exactly does the America First, MAGA base feel about this?

Anything to distract from the Epstein files...

[Irish_Dem]

4. I've been cussing non stop.

GD Rat Bastard appears to be my favorite right now.

Rubio looks like a man who lost his soul and knows it.

[yellow dahlia]

8. Now he's saying he invaded Venezuela because of the undocumented

man who killed that woman on a train.

When they first came out, Rubio looked like he was stifling a smirk.

[Irish_Dem]

23. Rubio looks like he knows he sold his soul to the devil.

[yellow dahlia]

44. Maybe he is going to go run Venezuela.

The grifter will give Venezuela to Rubio, as his major award.

Now Rubio is implying Cuba might be next? is that what I heard?

[dedl67]

107. By all means, Rubio should go to Venezuela, as I guess he is going to be 'running it'

I am old enough to remember Vice President Nixon's 'good will' visit to Caracas in 1958. He almost didn't make it back alive. So, c'mon Rubio, get your butt down there and start 'running it'.

[johnnyfins]

9. Supreme Court immunity does not apply to

Little Marco.

[Irish_Dem]

19. Little Marco knows he is going straight to hell.

He is being punished every day with that thought.
You can see it on his face.

SC will always protect Trump and his flying monkeys.

[bluestarone]

49. I would 100% agree with you, BUT i'm at a point where i completely do not

believe there is a heaven or hell. It's on us to solve this problem.

[Irish_Dem]

54. The point is Rubio believes it.

And lives this punishment every day.

Americans never punished Bush and Cheney.

And they will never punish Tump.

[yellow dahlia]

58. Right.

Rubio likely believes in heaven and hell. He is a Catholic, right?

[Irish_Dem]

62. Yep. And he used to know right from wrong.

He knows he is screwed.
You can see it on his face.

[bluestarone]

59. I actually feel rubio has come to the same conclusion i have.

All of them know there is NO GOD. They are using religion to control the religious right until they have 100% control of our country. THEN they will take all guns away from Americans. (that's my thinking)

[Irish_Dem]

63. Hard to break the teachings of the Catholic Church.

To some extent always some sort of cultural Catholic.

[bluestarone]

65. I fear he's alreay broken some teachings.

It's just gonna get easier for him to continue.

[Irish_Dem]

68. I hope there is a hell.

[yellow dahlia]

86. And have we ever seen so many deserving of it?

[Irish_Dem]

93. Not in our lifetimes.

But our fathers did in WWII.

[yellow dahlia]

94. There have been other times in history - sadly.

[Irish_Dem]

95. Yes too many to count.

Humans are a strange species.

Capable of the most sublime beauty, art, music, literature.
And love, loyalty, sacrifice.

At the same time capable of the most depraved evil
which cannot even be described.

[yellow dahlia]

85. A reasonable theory.

It would explain how they could be comfortable being hypocrites.

[Irish_Dem]

96. Many of these religious types figure once you have sinned you are going to hell

so they figure what the heck. Might as well go big sin wise.

[yellow dahlia]

57. I often say -

I wish there were a heaven and hell.

[bluestarone]

60. Same here.

[Johonny]

69. It doesnt apply in other countries

If we can have trial for foreign leaders, we can give Trump to some to try for all his crimes and pretend we can't get them back.

[yellow dahlia]

87. Exactly!

[yellow dahlia]

28. I keep saying the dictionary words don't match the level of where we re.

So I add the F word several times in some sentences.

What the hell is Rubio saying now. Making excuses?

[Irish_Dem]

29. Babbling that Trump is a man of action.

And he does what he says he will do.

Maybe Rubio is warning us.

[yorkster]

38. Marco makes me nervous Cubawise...

[Irish_Dem]

40. The entire Trump crime syndicate makes me nervous

[yellow dahlia]

61. Seriously. Being installed as leaders of other countries? Huh!?

[Irish_Dem]

66. The Trump Crime Syndicate is going international. :(

[yellow dahlia]

64. I think he just implied Cuba should be concerned.

Rubio's prize is getting to take out his disdain for Cuba, and correct those "wrongs"?

[Irish_Dem]

30. The old cuss words don't do justice to what we are witnessing.

We need a whole new set.

[yellow dahlia]

33. Good point.

Fucking rat bastard motherfucker. Something like that?

[Irish_Dem]

35. I've already said that a million times.

I need a new set of words

[yellow dahlia]

42. Okay. I'll work on.

Perhaps new acronyms that string together very crass swear words. But the swear words feel good. Yelling at the television feels like I'm euphemistically punching him in the nose.

I have the idea of buying toy darts and shooting them at the tv. I could attach fishing line to pull them back, so I can sit on the couch and get out my directed anger.

[Irish_Dem]

43. Every time Trump gets on the TV I wanna pull an Elvis.

I like your idea.


Don’t bother about new cuss words they’ll be obsolete in 48 hours

[yellow dahlia]

45. Good point. In this Twilight Zone episode - everything is obsolete in 48 hours.

[Irish_Dem]

56. Yep. We are in the strangest timeline. :(

[sop]

7. This just increased the likelihood China will invade Taiwan, and Trump won't do shit to defend them.

[yellow dahlia]

10. There is no good that will come of this.

Disruption! Destabilization! Citizens around the world will be less safe.

[Irish_Dem]

21. Exactly one of the reasons Trump did this on orders from Moscow and Beijing.

[Chemical Bill]

53. This is a mixed bag for Russia and China.

This legitimizes their taking Ukraine and Taiwan, respectively. But Venezuelan oil was going to Russia and China. And was paid for using currency other than US dollars. If US dollars were not used for worldwide oil trading, our economy would be in tatters.

So, a mixed bag....

[yellow dahlia]

12. He is now threatening all the other officials in Venezuela. He loves threatening people.

Now he is saying America is a safer nation, and a proud nation. I want to punch his nose.

[yellow dahlia]

13. Now - Kegsbreath is licking the grifter's balls on live television.

And he is describing the assault and military action on Venezuela like a boy playing with his army men....and getting a boner from it.

Boy - I'm getting crass. I am steaming and ranting and pissed off at the ramifications of their actions. People will get poorer and less safe in Venezuela, and elsewhere. I hate these people.

[Vinca]

15. I had to turn it off. It's stomach turning what's happening to this country.

[yellow dahlia]

17. I hear you.

I'm sick to my stomach. And I want to punch someone in the nose.

[Xavier Breath]

16. Someone's fighting the Sandman.

[yellow dahlia]

22. If you fall asleep standing up?

Do you hit the floor hard? And Orrex finally gets the answer to his question?

[Xavier Breath]

25. Is he Mr. President or Mr. Ed?

[Totally Tunsie]

20. Now that he's said his piece and turned it over to Hogsbreath,

the loony is "slow blinking" in the background because he was probably awake all night. Any bets on whether he can sleep in a standing position? I'm betting he can, and is well on his way.

[yellow dahlia]

24. I just suggested he could fall asleep standing and then fall to the floor....

and hit hard. And then - quick, call Orrex.

[greatauntoftriplets]

27. He can't run this country, but proposes to run Venezuela?

Surreal.

[yellow dahlia]

31. Seriously!!!!

He just said we are going to run the country with a group. What does that mean?

He said we are designating people. He said it will largely be the people behind him. Kegsbreath involved with running a foreign country? Stephen Miller involved with running a foreign country.

He said we will have boots on the ground. Did I her that?

[crimycarny]

52. All of them should be on the front lines

Bragging about how powerful they all are, get their *ss on the front line if they believe in what they are doing. Can you imagine Stephen Miller being told he has to fight alongside the troops they plan to illegally deploy? He'd run and hide wherever he could. What a bunch of cowards who want to use our troops as if they are chattel.

[yellow dahlia]

67. Oh please. I want to see Stephen Miller shanghaied and thrown on the front lines.

[Totally Tunsie]

39. Didn't he say just last week that the US is not the policeman of the world?

Then is he doing now by his takeover of Venezuela?

[yellow dahlia]

70. The US isn't the policemen of the world, but

the grifter is the corrupt dealmaker of the world.

[joanbarnes]

32. Reminds me of "shock and awe" giddiness of Iraq.

[yellow dahlia]

34. Right. So much gloating in the grifter's words.

[John1956PA]

37. Excellent comparison. The 1991 Gulf War ended with a slaughter . . .

. . . and the 2003 Iraq invasion began with another.

[Baitball Blogger]

36. So, Trump plans to occupy Venezuela?

[yellow dahlia]

55. Apparently.

And now he is admitting - it is about taking their oil.

[Katinfl]

41. I can't watch it. Have TV on mute.

But i did hear him say the people behind him will run Venezuela……..Rubio, whiskey Pete, etc. WTAF? I don’t think I have ever been so disappointed , disillusioned, disgusted with this country in my life. 2025 was bad and 2026 looks like it will be even worse. God help us all.

[yellow dahlia]

47. Exactly.

What a way to start 2026. Aaargh!

[crimycarny]

46. None of these MF's are "we" in any of this...

I so hate it when these idiots put our troops' lives in danger and then use the words "we". None of these MFs would ever fight themselves or allow any of their own children to fight.

These *ssholes are wantonly putting our troops' lives at risk (and Americans' living in Venezuela) to fight their illegal wars. Furious, just furious.

And WHERE.THE.F*CK is Congress? What is going on?

[yellow dahlia]

50. Exactly!

People in Venezuela will be LESS safe.

People all over the world will be less safe.

[zanana1]

48. Trump is going to run Venezuela, take the oil and...

Hand pick the new leadership.

[yellow dahlia]

51. He is actually admitting it is about taking the oil.

Conquering a country to take its oil. He is normalizing that.

[Evolve Dammit]

71. How is this different than Putin surrounding Ukraine and then attacking?

[Justice matters.]

79. Both war crimes.

Defined in the United States initiated and established after WWII in International Law.

Wars of Aggression based on Lies.

[yellow dahlia]

88. It's not.

It's justification.

[kimbutgar]

72. He is going to start world war 3 to get the news cycle off of Epstein and Jack Smith

If he thinks this is going to raise his poll numbers he is seriously mistaken. Switched over to faux for a minute they were gushing over his leadership. 🤮🤮🤮And saying he’s going to run Venezuela is insane and there will be a pushback from other Latin American countries. And I fear we will be experiencing more terrorists attack in this country. And I would ask any magas if they are ready to fight in his war.

[yellow dahlia]

89. Indeed. What will be the ramifications and collateral damage?

[Upthevibe]

73. yellow dahlia...........

I'm just sick...

[yellow dahlia]

90. So sick! So angry!

[oldinmtdem92]

74. me too

short of throwing up

[Wounded Bear]

75. Frankly, our history of regime change sucks donkey balls...

[yellow dahlia]

91. Yup

[sinkingfeeling]

76. Aren't we also going to be running Gaza ?

[Figarosmom]

77. This is the rehearsal for Greenland.

I hope they are watching how easily trump took over that country and will try with theirs.

[yellow dahlia]

92. Good point

[C_U_L8R]

80. Hitler just annexed...Venezuela?

His empire fantasies are as clear as his stupid Arch d’Trump.
Who’s next? Cuba? Greenland? Mexico? Columbia? Canada?
He is just warming up, picking off the easier ones.
That’s the way this coward rolls.

[haryn]

81. For some diversity

Because I love most things Italian, I learned how to say the two Anglo Saxon words I've been shouting since the 'person' rode down the escalator - it's 'fanculo' - somehow it helps me to feel a bit classier and less like I'm flying apart.

[Joinfortmill]

82. Trump is an abomination. Rubio has just ruined his life.

He just too arrogant to realize it yet.

[Beck23]

83. I guess it's South America now.

It seems Trump has given up on taking Canada and Greenland, and is now focused on South America.

[yellow dahlia]

84. This, from Heather Cox Richardson,

just came through my FB feed.

She recorded it before the news conference.

Brilliant HCR, as usual. I shared it is an OP, but thought it appropriate to link here, as well.

https://democraticunderground.com/100220906690

[utherpendragon]

97. England in 1819

I rue the day that this poem actually makes sense:

An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King;
Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring;
Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know,
But leechlike to their fainting country cling
Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow.
A people starved and stabbed in th' untilled field;
An army, whom liberticide and prey
Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield;
Golden and sanguine laws which tempt and slay;
Religion Christless, Godless—a book sealed;
A senate, Time’s worst statute, unrepealed—
Are graves from which a glorious Phantom may
Burst, to illumine our tempestuous day.

[yellow dahlia]

98. Thank you.

History doesn't always repeat itself - but it does rhyme. Literally.

[calimary]

99. Welcome to DU, utherpendragon!

"...Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know,
But leechlike to their fainting country cling..."

Sound like anybody we know?

[MustLoveBeagles]

100. Welcome to DU

[MustLoveBeagles]

101. People are just pawns to him

[Jack Valentino]

102. Is there any news of casualties? I haven't had time to look this up....

[yellow dahlia]

105. I just heard 40 people killed.

I have not verified. That's some serious collateral damage, if true.

[Jack Valentino]

106. Probably zero American maggots.....

(seems unfair to me, but that's just my personal opinion!)

Thanks for the info!

[yellow dahlia]

108. I have heard one more reference to those killed.

As I understand it, they were civilians. And others who were in the way of the execution of the mission. ?

I think I heard that two Americans were "hit" in the process. But no reports of any killed.

[yellow dahlia]

109. I just saw an update - closer to 80 or 90.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220909443

[usonian]

103. You should have waited for my summary instead.

[yellow dahlia]

104. Indeed.

Silly me.