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LOL -- they are condemning Venezuela for corruption and cronyism. This is about shoring up Big Oil's profit interests in Venezuela.
Venezuela is a "threat" to the US.
Protections for financial investors.
US companies can continue to trade with Venezuela.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,134 posts)From today on the rest of the world is not to visit us, do any trade with us, etc.
We are too dangerous to the world and have to be dealt with somehow.
For real.
malaise
(269,278 posts)and Tillerson's baby.
In the middle of a fugging Cat3 hurricane approaching - this is their agenda.
Big wet kiss to Rexy as the oil platforms are being swamped in the gulf.
Beyond disgusting.
TPTB must be okay with all of this otherwise the MSM gloves would come off and they would carve 45 into bite sized chunks as they have done with any other president that stepped over the line... this guy ? they just let him roll over everything.
Buzz cook
(2,474 posts)The US has been trying to destroy Venezuela for a long time.
Deb
(3,742 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)Oh goody! If Trump is demanding that Venezuela have free elections, when can the US expect to see an end the Republican gerrymandering and voter suppression laws?
KelleyKramer
(9,011 posts)They have wanted that oil for a long time