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As we know, millions of Venezuelans, around the world, the Venezuelan diaspora, are celebrating the removal of Maduro. It’s a victory for democracy, right? Even though not once did Trump mention democracy when talking about the raid and its meaning. Trump supporters are pointing to the joy and celebrations of Venezuelans. But Trump isn’t celebrating for democracy at all. He’s yet to even mention it. He does not care.

www.theunpopulist.net

Trump’s Betrayal of Venezuela’s Democracy Movement Is Hard to Overstate

If he continues to snub María Corina Machado, the heroine of the opposition, America will bear responsiblity for the country’s next tragic chapter
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But only a resuscitation of 19th-century imperial greed—evoking the worst caricatures of “Yanqui imperialism”—can explain why President Donald Trump would justify his lightning military strike to capture and remove Venezuela’s plunderer-in-chief with a single motive: oil. Unless Trump can be prevailed on to change the calamitous course he has announced, Venezuela’s tragedy will only compound.

To understand the depth of Donald Trump’s betrayal of the democratic movement in Venezuela, it is necessary to appreciate the consummate courage, planning, and organization behind the opposition victory on July 28, 2024. For her valiant efforts to organize and lead the campaign for democracy, María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. In her moving acceptance speech on Dec. 10, read by her daughter (due to her late arrival in Oslo from a perilous escape from Venezuela), Machado described their year of preparation to defend the victory they were confident would come:

600,000 volunteers across 30,000 polling stations; apps to scan QR codes, digital platforms, diaspora call centers. We deployed scanners, Starlink antennas, and laptops hidden inside fruit trucks to the furthest corners of Venezuela. Technology became a tool for freedom.

Secret training sessions were held at dawn in church backrooms, kitchens, and basements, using printed materials moved across Venezuela like contraband….

And then the electoral tally sheets— the famous actas, the sacred proof of the people’s will—began to appear: first by phone, then WhatsApp, then photographed, then scanned, and finally carried by hand, by mule, even by canoe.

They arrived from everywhere, an eruption of truth, because thousands of citizens risked their freedom to protect them.
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What does Donald Trump know of respect within Venezuela? What does he know of Machado’s skill in unifying a divided opposition, her tenacity in winning an impossible election, and her courage in defying and then daringly escaping a cruel dictatorship? Such facile ignorance could only flow from a narcissism consumed with resentment that it was Machado and not Trump who the Norwegian Nobel Committee rightly recognized for the Peace Prize, and an insatiable greed that cannot comprehend, much less value, something more precious than a windfall of new riches.

Now, in the wake of Trump’s lightning military strike on Saturday to capture Maduro and his wife, we are left with the worst of all possible worlds. Maduro is gone but his predatory dictatorship lives on, defiant. There is no sign of a plan or strategy to induce this awful regime to negotiate a transfer of power to González and the democratic coalition of which Machado is the political and moral leader. There are only the glib vows that the United States will “run” the country of Venezuela. Given that there are no American boots on the ground, that there is no prospect of the 100,000 or more U.S. soldiers it would take to “run” the country, and that the sinews of Venezuelan state security are well armed and deeply entrenched, the proposition is absurd.

Is there way out of this mess?

Perhaps Republicans in Congress can convince the president that, setting aside all moral concerns, the only way to achieve his administration’s stated goals in Venezuela—an end to drug trafficking, a halt in illegal immigration to the U.S., and a vigorous restoration of oil production—is by restoring a competent, pro-American, rule-of-law state in Venezuela. That can only come through a transition to the government elected in 2024, and there has never been a more propitious moment to achieve that transition than right now.

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Trump cares about oil, not democracy.

www.theguardian.com

From elation to frustration: Trump snub wrongfoots Venezuela’s opposition

Some supporters of María Corina Machado still see path to power after US president refused to back her
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time.com

'Moral Mistake’: Why Trump Didn’t Tap Machado to Run Venezuela

"He probably isn’t a big fan because she stole his Nobel Prize"
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Really could not be a clearer statement, by Stephen Miller, that might rules the world.


Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump, asserted on Monday that Greenland rightfully belonged to the United States and that the Trump administration could seize the semiautonomous Danish territory if it wanted.

“Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland,” Mr. Miller told Jake Tapper, the CNN host, after being asked repeatedly whether he would rule out using military force.

The remarks were part of a vocal push by Mr. Miller, long a powerful behind-the-scenes player in Trump administration policy, to justify American imperialism and a vision for a new world order in which the United States could freely overthrow national governments and take foreign territory and resources so long as it was in the national interest.

“We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”

THIS: A jawdropping rejection of a rules based international order. The right of other nations to enjoy their independence is just an “international niceties”, the United States can seize any territory in its national interest: “The United States of America is running Venezuela,” Mr. Miller said, dismissing international treaties enshrining a nation’s right to independence and sovereignty as “international niceties.”
 
Ron Mexico said:
Well looks like huge protests have broken out. Not everyone is cheering like the right wing media is claiming.

Also funny that all the right wing news claims this is about stopping a dictator, safety for USA, or drugs. Trump is stating clear as day this was to steal their oil and other resources. All the corporations that control Trump are very happy. He even said he consulted the oil companies before and after.

All our anti war posters on here and else where are suddenly cheering for pillaging another country and pretending you care about Venezuelans.

Can't wait for us to "free Greenland" from their oppressive dictator...

USA is ****ed and this is just the beginning.
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Greenland? hot bed of drug dealing and anti US behaviour...
 
Red said:
Really could not be a clearer statement, by Stephen Miller, that might rules the world.


Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump, asserted on Monday that Greenland rightfully belonged to the United States and that the Trump administration could seize the semiautonomous Danish territory if it wanted.

“Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland,” Mr. Miller told Jake Tapper, the CNN host, after being asked repeatedly whether he would rule out using military force.

The remarks were part of a vocal push by Mr. Miller, long a powerful behind-the-scenes player in Trump administration policy, to justify American imperialism and a vision for a new world order in which the United States could freely overthrow national governments and take foreign territory and resources so long as it was in the national interest.

“We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”

THIS: A jawdropping rejection of a rules based international order. The right of other nations to enjoy their independence is just an “international niceties”, the United States can seize any territory in its national interest: “The United States of America is running Venezuela,” Mr. Miller said, dismissing international treaties enshrining a nation’s right to independence and sovereignty as “international niceties.”
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Rightfully belongs to the United States?
 
Biggest problem the Danes have is the presence of US bases on the island. They should firstly commit significant troop numbers to the the island and evict the US. As long as the US cant air lift resources to Greenland they're ****ed.
 
Sardines said:
He's horrible because he ran Venezuela into the ground despite them having tons of natural resources, then lost an election by a landslide but claimed victory anyway.

I think there may have been a way to do essentially what happened in a legitimate way. It starts by talking to Congress and the Senate, our allies and then making a case at the UN.

Just abducting a foreign leader because we want to control their oil instead of China is not the way the United States is supposed to act. We've made the world a significantly less safe place. The lessons we finally learned after WWII have been thrown out the window and we're back to "might makes right" and the law of the jungle, which alpha bros love because the U.S. has the worlds most powerful military...for now.
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Good points, fully agreed. We've elected a power-hungry authoritarian despotic oligarch. This behavior is revolting and needs to be stopped, but also shouldn't surprise anyone.
 
The Vikings harvested timber in North America for use in their Greenland settlements. Scandinavians were tapping North America for timber, and the fur trade saw North American furs entering the European market. In the Middle Ages, Europeans wore furs that originated in Canada. Long before the English settlements in Va. and Plymouth. Long before the United States existed.

“Regular Voyages: The consistent use of American timber suggests regular voyages across the Davis Strait between North America and Greenland from the 10th to 14th centuries”.

Popes appointed bishops for Greenland:

“Popes appointed bishops to Greenland's historic Diocese of Gardar
until the Reformation, with the last being Vincent Peterson Kampe in 1519 by Pope Leo X, after which the diocese became titular/dormant; the modern Catholic presence saw resident bishops appointed in 1984 (Kristian Mørch) and then as ** titulares in 2001 by Pope John Paul II (Edward Clark)**, as Greenland is part of the Diocese of Copenhagen today, notes The Pillar and Wikipedia.“

So no, in no historical context does Greenland “rightfully” belong to the United States. Indigenous Inuits and European culture constitute the historical context. Long before the United States existed. Taking Greenland by force is just copying Putin in Ukraine. Which is how they see the world, since they are announcing the Western Hemisphere will be America’s domain.

But, geographically: “Greenland is part of North America continent because it sits on the North American tectonic plate, but politically and culturally, it's tied to Europe as an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, with strong historical and social links to Europe. So, while geologically it's North American, its governance and heritage lean European, creating a unique dual identity.“

The White House itself announced our new foreign policy:”No games. FAFO.”

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That’s some change.

The F***-Around-And-Find-Out-Presidency. Warning: language:

 
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Ron Mexico said:
He was a terrible person so I am sure many people should be happy about this. There were large celebrations in the street when Saddam Huesin was overthrown as well. But the USA isnt the world police and the POTUS cant simply decide to overthrow anyone he wants. Do you think we should do this to every dictator? Every bad leader that the people dont like?
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Orange turd had no issues removing sanctions from Belarus dictator Lukashenko in exchange for potash. It is all about money for orange turd - nothing about " fighting evil dictators". Otherwise Putin would be captured long ago...
 
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