We need a Venezuela thread

[jon-nyc]

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-military-deploy-aircraft-carrier-south-america-amid-soaring-tensions-with-2025-10-24/

[89th]

So much peace I’m getting tired of it.

[Mik]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-real-reason-trump-is-preparing-for-war-with-venezuela/ar-AA1PatfT

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

Though the betting odds of him leaving are markedly down (even after adjusting for time passes since the former screenshot).

[jon-nyc]

‘Only’? November 30th is two weeks away.

[jon-nyc]

[89th]

I've been watching ADSB (FlightRadar247) activity east of Aruba for a while, watching these growlers go up (and now RHINO21).... lots of activity.

[jon-nyc]

Venezuela stole “our” oil and land.

This is the guy who always says we should have taken Iraq’s oil, after all.

[Renauda]

Trump gets Venezuela and Putin will get Ukraine. Sounds about right.

[jon-nyc]

Tomorrow night he’s doing a prime time address. I was hoping he’d use it to tell us that affordability is a hoax. Now it sounds like he’ll be talking about Venezuelan ‘WMD’ and ‘our’ oil.

[Horace]

I never attribute to malice what might be explained by my own stupidity. I did misplace several million barrels of oil recently. Now I'm wondering.

[Renauda]

This past weekend Trump lifted sanctions on potash exports from Belarus. Last week Trump announced a 10% tariff on potash imports from Canada. The US imports 70% of its potash from Saskatchewan. It will now be able to import potash heavily discounted from Belarus.

Today Trump has claimed ownership of Venezuelan heavy oil production. Why would he continue to import tariffed heavy oil from Alberta?

Trump has already systemically dismantled the Canadian steel and aluminum industry and the auto industry in Ontario and Quebec. He is now going after the industrial bases in Saskatchewan and as of today, Alberta.

I attribute it to covetous malice.

[jon-nyc]

It occurred to me that it would be hard to get the bulk of the Venezuelan people to rally around Maduro, but this ‘our oil’ and ‘our land’ talk might just do it.