Donald Trump Says US To Launch Land Action in Venezuela ‘Very Soon’

essentialsaltes · Jan 3, 2026

RocksInMyHead said:
Well, we gotta make sure we check all the boxes in the playbook. It's 2003, right?

~~Iraq~~ Venezuela has terrorists and WMDs and they need regime change to remove their mustachioed dictator and bring peace and stability to the region. Oh, and also oil.

Check.

US strikes Venezuela and says its leader has been captured and flown out of the country

The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro [and his wife] and flew him out of the country in an extraordinary nighttime operation that was accompanied by a flurry of strikes following months of escalating Trump administration pressure on the oil-rich South American nation.

Although maybe the vice president just takes over and the regime maintains itself. That's one possibility. Or...

Machado says her team is prepared to ‘take power’ in democratic transition

María Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, said her team is “prepared to assert our mandate and take power” in a democratic transition. She called on the armed forces to recognize Edmundo González, who won the July 2024 presidential election, as the legitimate president of Venezuela and commander in chief.

essentialsaltes · Jan 3, 2026

U.S. will be ‘strongly involved’ with Venezuelan oil sector, Trump says

Responding to criticism of the military action in Venezuela, President Donald Trump on Saturday fired back saying in a Fox News interview that his administration was lowering the cost of oil.

“We’re bringing the prices way down,” he said, “When you do oil, everything follows. Everything is following.”

He added that the U.S. oil companies would be involved in the Venezuelan industry.

We've come to liberate the oil!

essentialsaltes · Jan 3, 2026

U.N. Secretary General António Guterres considers U.S. military actions in Venezuela to “constitute a dangerous precedent,” his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, said Saturday. “He’s deeply concerned that the rules of international law have not been respected.”

wing2000 · Jan 3, 2026

essentialsaltes said:
“We’re bringing the prices way down,” he said, “When you do oil, everything follows. Everything is following.”

Drill, baby, drill (in Venezuela)!

RocksInMyHead · Jan 3, 2026

essentialsaltes said:
Machado says her team is prepared to ‘take power’ in democratic transition
María Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, said her team is “prepared to assert our mandate and take power” in a democratic transition. She called on the armed forces to recognize Edmundo González, who won the July 2024 presidential election, as the legitimate president of Venezuela and commander in chief.

Yeah, about that...

Asked if he had spoken to Machado, who last month was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for democracy in Venezuela, he said "no".

Trump then added that Machado "doesn't have the support within or the respect within the country" he said was needed to run Venezuela.

Venezuela latest: Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela until 'safe transition can take place'

The president says the US launched an "air, land and sea" operation to take Maduro; Venezuela has called it "extremely serious military aggression".

www.bbc.com

Pommer · Jan 3, 2026

RocksInMyHead said:
Yeah, about that...

Venezuela latest: Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela until 'safe transition can take place'

The president says the US launched an "air, land and sea" operation to take Maduro; Venezuela has called it "extremely serious military aggression".

www.bbc.com

The CareTaker President

stevevw · Jan 4, 2026

Aryeh Jay said:
Trump isn't starting anything. This was is being forced upon us by Venezuela the same way Ukraine forced Russia to defend itself from naked aggression and an unhinged unpopular leader.

Thats right and the fact it was not on the radar 10 or 20 years ago is why it has got to this point. This is like many of the situations where terrorist, crime and corruption has been allowed to fester and now get to a point where its become a national issue. A much bigger issue.

At last someone is actually doing something. Even though it may seem bombastic itself. Maybe because it was left for so long and evil was accepted that just trying to stop it is now seen as extreme and evil itself.

Stopped_lurking · Jan 4, 2026

stevevw said:
Thats right and the fact it was not on the radar 10 or 20 years ago is why it has got to this point. This is like many of the situations where terrorist, crime and corruption has been allowed to fester and now get to a point where its become a national issue. A much bigger issue.

At last someone is actually doing something. Even though it may seem bombastic itself. Maybe because it was left for so long and evil was accepted that just trying to stop it is now seen as extreme and evil itself.

Poe's law?

stevevw · Jan 4, 2026

Stopped_lurking said:
Poe's law?

Yes and its become widespread. But I think its more than that. Its spiritual and I think there are people who purposely want to turn the truth into a lie and a lie into the truth. So as to destroy the truth based on their ideological beliefs.

Stopped_lurking · Jan 4, 2026

stevevw said:
Yes and its become widespread. But I think its more than that. Its spiritual and I think there are people who purposely want to turn the truth into a lie and a lie into the truth. So as to destroy the truth based on their ideological beliefs.

Aryeh Jay said:
Trump isn't starting anything. This was is being forced upon us by Venezuela the same way Ukraine forced Russia to defend itself from naked aggression and an unhinged unpopular leader.

Do you actually believe that "Ukraine forced Russia to defend itself from naked aggression and an unhinged unpopular leader."? Or did you read it kind of quickly? I think there was a slight hint of sarcasm in @Aryeh Jay post

Landon Caeli · Jan 4, 2026

Stopped_lurking said:
Do you actually believe that "Ukraine forced Russia to defend itself from naked aggression and an unhinged unpopular leader."? Or did you read it kind of quickly? I think there was a slight hint of sarcasm in @Aryeh Jay post

Some of us use his quotes as a soapbox, to stand on. It's not that we cared what he said to begin with, it's just that It beats saying something out of the blue.

Aryeh Jay · Jan 4, 2026

Landon Caeli said:
Some of us use his quotes as a soapbox, to stand on. It's not that we cared what he said to begin with, it's just that It beats saying something out of the blue.

I'm pretty sure what he said about Ukraine is in line with the official ~~Soviet~~ Russian justification.

Palmfever · Jan 4, 2026

rambot said:
The "no new foreign wars" guy is starting a "new foreign war" with someone who was, barely on American radar 3 years ago......heck 10 months ago...

It's getting a bit absurd at this point really.

Perhaps the liberal 'news' rags didn't inform it's readers until recently and prattled on with their usual nonsense.
However anyone in the dark until months ago simple was not paying attention

US-Venezuela timeline: From sanctions to military action

Relations between the two countries have been poor since the presidency of Hugo Chavez began in 2006. They continued to deteriorate under Nicolas Maduro, whom the US said it captured on Saturday.

www.lemonde.fr

Aryeh Jay · Jan 4, 2026

Palmfever said:
Perhaps the liberal 'news' rags didn't inform it's readers until recently and prattled on with their usual nonsense.
However anyone in the dark until months ago simple was not paying attention

US-Venezuela timeline: From sanctions to military action

Relations between the two countries have been poor since the presidency of Hugo Chavez began in 2006. They continued to deteriorate under Nicolas Maduro, whom the US said it captured on Saturday.

www.lemonde.fr

Those commie liberal fake news yellow journalism rags! It only we had a strong leader to take care of the publishers of this filth and ensure we only read the correct approved news.

Palmfever · Jan 4, 2026

A history on the relationship of the US and Venezuela.

A History of US Policy Toward Venezuela: From Monroe to Maduro

The relationship between the United States and Venezuela spans nearly two centuries of dramatic shifts, from early republican partnership to today’s bitter standoff. ContentsFoundations of Partnership (1835-1908)The Age of Oil and Dictators (1908-1958)Democratic Alliance (1958-1998): The...

govfacts.org

Larniavc · Jan 4, 2026

Aryeh Jay said:
4 dementia chess

Brilliant!

Landon Caeli · Jan 4, 2026

Aryeh Jay said:
I'm pretty sure what he said about Ukraine is in line with the official ~~Soviet~~ Russian justification.

It seems like you're trying to say things are the same that are not the same. A very common fallacy, considering Maduro and Zelensky are nothing alike.

One is an illigitimate fascist, narco-terrorist who smuggles oil illegally to sanctioned communist countries, while the other is just a normal person who was rightfully elected using a democratic process.

Larniavc · Jan 4, 2026

Aryeh Jay said:
Well something is about to happen today. My ship is currently flying this message to our little fleet.

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You’d be blown out of the water. Too much like a rainbow for Puritan Pete.

wing2000 · Jan 4, 2026

...I'm amazed that so many Americans are suddenly interested in the Monroe Doctrine and the history of US - Venezuela relations, err correction, the "Donroe Doctrine" as our current leader recently noted.

I do have one question for those who seem to align with Trump's vision of a hemisphere under U.S. control:

Do you think the people of Venezuela will accept the US extracting their natural resources without anything in return?

Larniavc · Jan 4, 2026

durangodawood said:
Can someone translate for me?

It says “death to the west”.

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US-Venezuela timeline: From sanctions to military action Relations between the two countries have been poor since the presidency of Hugo Chavez began in 2006. They continued to deteriorate under Nicolas Maduro, whom the US said it captured on Saturday. www.lemonde.fr

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