Thursday, August 28, 2025

Trump sends ships off Venezuela’s coast. What's behind it?

President Donald Trump's deployment of warships and thousands of Marines and sailors off the coast of Venezuela has put a spotlight back on the United States' relations with its own hemisphere -- and revived for some in the region anxious memories of a militaristic Uncle Sam.

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... Like Mr. Trump's earlier threats to take back the Panama Canal, the dispatching last week of forces near what the administration considers a terrorist narco-state has raised a raft of still-unanswered questions about a mercurial president's intentions.

Is the show of force aimed at cowing Venezuela's embattled President Nicols Maduro into further cooperation with the U.S. on immigration matters and tackling the region's drug cartels and Venezuela's trafficking gangs? ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-28 07:14 PM

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#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-28 07:18 PM

The Search For An --------

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-08-28 08:02 PM

@#3

The presence of US warships off the coast of a country is not something to be taken lightly.

Why did Pres Trump take this action?

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-28 08:42 PM

What happened to America first?

#5 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-28 08:53 PM

The Venezuelan government mobilized their people's militia in response to Dummkopf's Trumpf's naval armada: drudge.com

Nobel Peace Prize aspirant Dotard Trumpf wants to rename the DOD to the Department of War, gets his spies caught in Greenland scoping out a potential takeover, can't rein in Vladimir Putin or Benjamin Netanyahu because they have kompramat on him, has now authorized the military to target international drug cartels.

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-28 10:45 PM

@#6 ... Nobel Peace Prize aspirant Dotard Trumpf wants to rename the DOD to the Department of War, gets his spies caught in Greenland scoping out a potential takeover, can't rein in Vladimir Putin or Benjamin Netanyahu because they have kompramat on him, has now authorized the military to target international drug cartels. ...

imo, a pretty good summary.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-28 11:04 PM

Time Zone - World Destruction (1984)
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...
[Intro: Afrika Bambaataa]
Speak about destruction
Speak about destruction
Speak about destruction

[Hook: John Lydon & Afrika Bambaataa]
This is a world destruction, your life ain't nothing
The human race is becoming a disgrace
Countries are fighting with chemical warfare

[Verse 1: Afrika Bambaataa]
Not giving a damn about the people who live there
Nostradamus predicts the coming of the Antichrist
Hey, look out, the third world nations are on the rise

The Democratic-Communist relationship
Won't stand in the way of the Islamic force
The CIA is looking for other tactics

The KGB is smarter than you think

Brainwash mentalities to control the system
Using TV and movies, religions of course
...


#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-28 11:09 PM

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