• HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
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    Every person in that meeting needs to see justice. This is such a disgusting country that we have allowed this to happen.

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    He didn’t “tip them off” about an action he was taking. He CONSULTED with them to see if it was an action he SHOULD take. If they would have said they couldn’t do anything, we wouldn’t be in this situation. If they wouldn’t have said the problem is Maduro, we wouldn’t be in this situation.

    “They want to go in, and they’re going to do a great job for the people of Venezuela, and they’re going to represent us well,” Trump said. “The infrastructure is rusty, rotten, most of it is unusable. It’s old. It’s broken. You see pipes lying all over the ground, nothing’s been invested for years.”

    “The country is a mess. It’s been horribly run. The oil is just flowing at a very low level,” Trump told reporters on Sunday. “Even if it was badly run, it should have more income, more oil than what they do. So we’re going to have the big oil companies going in, they’re going to fix the infrastructure, they’re going to invest money."

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    President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters that the heads of American oil companies were informed of the US military’s attack on Venezuela—described as “brazenly illegal” by scholars and experts—even before it took place.

    Trump’s admission, a renowned liar, sparked condemnation because the administration refused to consult with US lawmakers about the operation, citing fears of a leak that would compromise operational security.

  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    That old chestnut “Does the trade follow the flag, or does the flag follow trade ?” is a moot question when they are the same thing: Trump.