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WestMichRad

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33. They didn't have a long range plan for after the abduction of Machado.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 06:19 PM
5 hrs ago

Now, the country has no ruling government, no income, and cannot support themselves with basic food needs. It will descend into utter chaos, making Haiti’s anarchy look civil and orderly. Expect mass migration as people flee to neighboring countries. If the U.S. tries to send in forces to “run” the country, they’ll be bogged down for many years and welcomed by hostile well-armed gangs.

It’s gonna make Shrub’s Iraq fiasco look quaint, any everyone in northern South America will end up despising the U.S.

But hey, this administration will get to fuck over Cuba, so it’s a win, yes?

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Now he looks like an idiot? ... [View all] aggiesal 6 hrs ago OP
One would think they should find that out first Uncle Joe 6 hrs ago #1
Came here to suggest he thought of that first. Irish_Dem 6 hrs ago #10
Did they not tell him that in their secret meetings beforehand? Beartracks 5 hrs ago #27
Do you really think he would have listened? You can't tell him anything. paleotn 5 hrs ago #30
I guess I needed a "facetious emoji" for my post! Beartracks 5 hrs ago #41
Sorry for my misinterpretation. And big oil is most definitely NOT going to do that on their dime. paleotn 4 hrs ago #43
Unless you are Trump PatSeg 5 hrs ago #29
Yeah, his uncle taught at MIT, you know!!! He has the best brain, you know!!! hatrack 5 hrs ago #31
Poor, poor Donald PatSeg 4 hrs ago #44
It's like they didn't have a plan or something underpants 6 hrs ago #2
incredible how 'concepts of a plan" don't survive contact with reality rampartd 6 hrs ago #12
I've thought Trump was an idiot since the late 1970s PJMcK 6 hrs ago #3
So did his mother... GiqueCee 6 hrs ago #4
Per Politifact, there is no evidence that she ever said that spooky3 3 hrs ago #51
The only thing he's good at is manipulation of others. ImmigrantsWGTJD 5 hrs ago #34
All dictators end badly PJMcK 5 hrs ago #40
ALSO good at grifting, stealing our money and lying vapor2 2 hrs ago #58
Now? Dan 6 hrs ago #5
My question exactly. patphil 4 hrs ago #48
Oopsie...a dead end alley! Hope22 6 hrs ago #6
I just broke this. You should pay for it. milestogo 6 hrs ago #7
He, not only, LOOKS like an idiot indigoth 6 hrs ago #8
I've always known that t-rump was a total idiot. He lucked into millions from his family and continues to be lucky... wcmagumba 6 hrs ago #9
Trump is a toddler with a loader gun that cannot be taken away Bok_Tukalo 6 hrs ago #11
Impeachment would do it. n/t returnee 6 hrs ago #17
That's not happening. Bok_Tukalo 6 hrs ago #21
Didn't say it was happening. returnee 4 hrs ago #46
The real reason is, he wanted a cut for himself like Putin does. Justice matters. 3 hrs ago #54
He has always looked like an idiot. I have always thought he was an idiot. cksmithy 6 hrs ago #13
He's looked like an idiot for decades... NotHardly 6 hrs ago #14
He stated emphatically that the Oil Companies can't wait to get in there and get all that oil. Marie Marie 6 hrs ago #15
Fortunately for everyone concerned (except Trump), the oil execs are smarter than he is, Ocelot II 6 hrs ago #23
Kick dalton99a 6 hrs ago #16
He was born an idiot. It doesn't change during your life when you're born that way. ashredux 6 hrs ago #18
He was born a lot of things state of stupid 5 hrs ago #39
Appropriate Aviation Pro 6 hrs ago #19
When didn't he? Ocelot II 6 hrs ago #20
How ungrateful of them. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES Raven123 6 hrs ago #22
That's cuz the moran thinks he knows everybody's business better than they do. usonian 6 hrs ago #24
His idiocy is CONFIRMED, yet again. Martin Eden 5 hrs ago #25
But it knocked Trump's Epstien files connection out of the headlines for a week... Beartracks 5 hrs ago #26
Exxon's CEO tells Trump that Venezuela's Oil is uninvestible! LetMyPeopleVote 5 hrs ago #28
It's a negotiating ploy. sop 5 hrs ago #32
They didn't have a long range plan for after the abduction of Machado. WestMichRad 5 hrs ago #33
I foresee the Sunni Triangle with jungles. paleotn 5 hrs ago #36
KKKaptain bonespurs will send his "suckers and losers" to die in Venezuela. Justice matters. 3 hrs ago #55
Anyone with a function frontal cortex knew it all along.... paleotn 5 hrs ago #35
Does that mean we fly Maduro back and drop him off? NBachers 5 hrs ago #37
"Garbage": How Trump Used to Talk About Venezuelan Oil LetMyPeopleVote 5 hrs ago #38
I look forward to the day when nobody cares how he feels or what he says. calimary 4 hrs ago #49
NOW? 3Hotdogs 5 hrs ago #42
Can't pass the buck to Biden for THIS fuck-up, clown. Grokenstein 4 hrs ago #45
I bet security is the main issue. BradBo 4 hrs ago #47
Yeah and Fuck Off Blowhard PEDO Homicidal Cha 4 hrs ago #50
Maniac, fool, clown BlueWaveNeverEnd 3 hrs ago #52
No wonder that despicable clown bankrupted casinos... Justice matters. 3 hrs ago #53
Donald, why don't you force the oil companies to invest and take over the oil? Norrrm 2 hrs ago #56
Or you could invest your own money. Norrrm 2 hrs ago #57
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