President Donald Trump said Saturday that the US intends to control Venezuela until a “proper transition can take place,” indicating that the bombing of the South American country and abduction of its president were just the start of the Trump administration’s illegal intervention there.

The president added that US forces are prepared to launch “a much larger attack” on Venezuela if he deems it necessary, threatening other political figures in the country.

“What happened to Maduro can happen to them,” he said.

Trump also declared that American fossil fuel companies will “go in and spend billions of dollars” in Venezuela, which has the largest known oil reserves in the world.

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[–] 29 points 10 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 29 points 10 months ago

    I'm so fucking disgusted I'm in a rage right now. This piece of shit can't die soon enough...

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    The greek media which are controlled by greek and american presented this: "The American troops have arrested president Maduro". Like they are talking about a random US citizen. I want to throw up just thinking about it.

    Edit: On national television they called Maduro ex Venezuela president.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Damn, I didn't expect them to take the OG colonial approach tbh. Death to Amerikka

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    Hey, at least these complete fucking imbeciles aren't even hiding their illegal acts with bullshit excuses. I just wish there were a force greater to take diwn this stupid ass pedophile regime.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago

    They did say he would run the country like a company. This is just a hostile takeover. 26 is already a shit year.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    “What happened to Maduro can happen to them,” he said.

    I hope that he and all the other politicians in the USA understand that this now gives the "okay" for the same to happen to them too. The USA loves to start shit everywhere else and we are groomed into thinking everything only happens in other nations across the world. 9-11 and even Pearl Harbor have shown that such false feelings of "no one would possibly attack USA homeland" are hubris. NATO is a thing, but if a NATO nation is the aggressor, the that Article 5 shit doesn't apply (to my limited understanding). And the other NATO states really need to stop placing themselves in the same agreements that lead to the first World War.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    We can't even run our own country...

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    [–] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    It's Iraq all over again. At least this time they didn't have to fly planes into buildings to justify using the military.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Oh no oh fuck no. That's what Iraq was…

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    i had told my partner i was surprised they didnt do it on new years eve, then trump said the bit about "we wanted to do the operation a few days ago" and now i am sure that was the plan. cruel fucks.

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    [–] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Fascinated to see how they think this will work. First true corporate state? Formerly socialist Republic of Exxon?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    The people of Venezuela will no doubt "voluntarily" subsidise US citizens struggling to cover costs under Trump's domestic and international policies. Rinse & Repeat.

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    [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    We're Nazi of 2026

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    [behind right-wing opposition leader María Corina Machado]

    She is not "right wing". She is pro-democracy. She was the real winner of the 2024 election is a landslide but Maduro wouldn't leave office. Which is what people worry about Treason Trump doing. CNN has shit journalists.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Corina_Machado

    [In 2023, Machado won the opposition primary to become the unity candidate for the 2024 presidential election. The Venezuelan government subsequently barred her from running in the election.[1] She named Corina Yoris as a replacement candidate, who was later replaced by Edmundo González. The opposition presented vote tallies that showed González winning the July 2024 election in a landslide, while the government-run National Electoral Council declared victory for Maduro without presenting evidence.[2] Shortly after the presidential election, Machado announced that she had gone into hiding, citing fears for her life and freedom under the Maduro government.[3]

    In 2025, Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She was named one of BBC's 100 Women in 2018, and listed among Time magazine's 100 most influential people in 2025. In 2024, Machado received the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize and the Sakharov Prize (shared with González) for representing Venezuelans fighting for democracy]

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