Venezuela has accused Donald Trump of making a “colonialist threat” after he said the airspace around the country should be considered closed.
The country’s foreign ministry called Trump’s comments “another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people”.
The US does not legally have the authority to close another country’s airspace, but Trump’s online post could lead to travel uncertainty and deter airlines from operating there.
Just wait 'til Trump sets his eyes on Colombia and Panama. There’s a reason he’s unilaterally renamed that gulf…
Every single fucking MAGAt, including Barron, should be lining up at the US Army recruiting offices signing up for 11 Bravo.
And every single liberal should be protesting this in all the ways they’ve been saying Russian civilians ought to.
I’m hoping that the chain-of-command is so broken because of the bumblefucks in charge at the top that Venezuela actually gets some good licks in ala Ukraine to Russia.
I know its doubtful, but a man can dream.
Accurate and undeniable.
Wouldn’t ‘Imperialist’ be more accurate than ‘Colonist’ though?
I don’t think Trump wants a new American Colony in Venezuela, he just wants their resources and (unpaid) labor.
So basically an unofficial colony?
It’s close enough geographically that I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s an attempt to FREEDOM them into being the 51st State
Just so it’s clear, Venezuela has ample oil, and holds one of the world’s top ten supplies of fresh water.
Didn’t they also heavily develop a lithium extraction industry in the last decade or so?
no, that was Bolivia
Much thanks for the correction
Does the Swiss based Nestle want the water for their plastic bottles?
i think they have 2nd highest amount of oil/gas deposit outside of the ME.
Actually they have the largest proven oil reserve in the world, although it is a composition that needs more processing to turn into fuel. Which may make it unique for precursors for certain plastics, pharmaceuticals or advanced materials.
Top estimated reserves are:
- Venezuela 48 Gm³
- KSA 42 Gm³
- Iran 33 Gm³
- Canada 26 Gm³
As for gas reserves, it’s
- Russia 47.8 Tm³
- Iran 33.5 Tm³
- Qatar 24.3 Tm³
- USA 9.1 Tm³
thats why the oil barrons want it,
I’m old enough to remember when trump would pretend to be opposed to foreign military adventures. He literally built his political career on shitting on the neocons that launched us into illegal wars like what we did in Iraq.
Remember when he was against running for president and even joining the political scene entirely?
Im certain the nobel commitee is currently scrambling how to not give him an award without triggering an international incident.
And the actions surrounding Venzuela kinda prove that Trump is willing to go to war to receive his peace price.
You’re not wrong. But what is missing is all the cult building that he did since them. He built his entire political career on mentioning things other politicians refused to mention and then gaining loyalty for it. While, at the same time, literally doing nothing about any of the popular ideas he mentioned.
Don’t worry everyone. Some democrat will post a very safe and polite tweet soon.
They write a sternly worded letter.
It Is a colonialist threat
Russia conducts special military operations, while the US is fighting terrorism. It’s all the same. Except our media outlets - in the case of my country, mostly American - will only speak about one of the two. Let’s do our best to spread the word more or less evenly.
All empires will fall. They have to. Otherwise there’s no future for humanity.
If I were you, I would get out of Venezuela! - Our President.
Then shuts down their airspace and starts blowing up boats.
No escape from the christofascist murderers.
It’s not a colonialist threat. It’s effectively an act of war.
what the fuck
Maybe we could liberate a certain modeling agency based there and nothing else. Besides, I’m sure the women in this country would rejoice if that were to happen. ;-)
I mean it’s basically just declaring war. It’s the US acting unilaterally to attack a foreign nation for no reason at all. Granted that’s nothing new, but at least with Iraq and Afghanistan, Bush got permission from Congress through the Iraq Resolution (and the AUMF Against Terrorists Act in Afghanistan’s case) before he actually invaded. I get the feeling Trump isn’t even going to ask, he’s just going to attack Venezuela, get dragged into a war, and die.
Then again, Obama attacked Libya without congressional approval, and while Congress could have done something about it, they didn’t.
They have oil. That’s the reason.
It’s not even good oil though! It’s hard to refine.
Baby don’t care. Baby, drill!
But the US has a lot of refineries on the Texan coast, which are designed to refine Venezuelan oil. Canadian crude can not be easily supplied, due to KeystoneXL having been blocked and Mexican crude is just not enough to run those refineries at capacity.
Thr anti-war candidate, according to the nyt and wapo opinion sections
War = Peace
