World reacts to US strikes on Venezuela (Reuters)

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45. Ok, I'm going to make my point as simply as possible

I don't think many Western powers are that bothered by what Trump did - that their condemnations are mostly performative - and that as long as democratic elections result from all this, they don't care that much.

That's it. That was the entire conversation.

Nowhere - not even out of thin air - did I say I would be upset if Venezuela had democratic elections. I think democratic elections would be the best case scenario to be hoped for given the current situation.

I get that putting people on the defensive out of the gate is a tactic. But it was unwarranted and out of bounds here. Commenting on the sincerity of the PR releases of various nations and then coming in with, "dOn't YoU wAnT deMocRacy?!" is an argument Trump supporters are making all over the internet right now.

Why that tactic had to be brought here is totally beyond me.