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summer_in_TX

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6. The Trump administration's pretext has giant holes in it.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 01:15 AM

7 hrs ago

If they wanted to stop drugs coming to the U.S., they would stop boats in route to the Yucatán ports in Mexico. These boats being struck off the coast of Venezuela are heading to the ABC Islands. Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao belong to the Dutch and are a well-known stop for drugs en route to Europe.

They aren't trying to save Americans from drugs at all. All about Venezuela, oil and gas, and Maduro.

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