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Saturday, October 25, 2025

More U.S. military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric.

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The US has attacked several Venezuelan boats and deployed its largest military buildup in Latin America in decades.[image or embed]

-- Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) Oct 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM

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Well Trumpers, I thought he wasn't going to engage in foreign conflicts?

Or is it ok now when it's a war of aggression to steal resources?

#1 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-25 08:31 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Well Trumpers, I thought he (Trump) wasn't going to engage in foreign conflicts?

#1 | Posted by jpw

Only MAGA thought that.

For the rest of us, we always knew that he would go there.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-25 08:51 AM | Reply

So, without snark (well, maybe a little)...

If MAGA claims to believe in anything, this is your chance to make your values known.

To have any chance to prevent war, you're going to have to oppose Trump.

Or....You can do what we all expect you to do and roll over.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-25 08:54 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Or is it ok now when it's a war of aggression to steal resources?

#1 | Posted by jpw a

I wish that it was as sane as Trump wanting war for resources.

But I've never thought that Trump is sane.

And now he's going to prove it.

Again.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-25 08:57 AM | Reply

He wants control of the HUUGE oil fields just offshore, largest found so far on the planet. Then he will say "I lowered the price of gas." He is the bigliest gasbag ever.

#5 | Posted by shoeless at 2025-10-25 09:07 AM | Reply

Regardless of what you think about it, saying it's just about wanting resources is an oversimplification on the level of claiming the Afghanistan and Iraq wars were motivated primarily by wanting resources.

#6 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-10-25 09:15 AM | Reply

Regardless of what you think about it, saying it's just about wanting resources is an oversimplification on the level of claiming the Afghanistan and Iraq wars were motivated primarily by wanting resources.

#6 | Posted by sentinel

The simple reason we face a war of Trump's personal choice in Venezuela is that he is grossly mentally ill.

That's the model you need to understand this, all of what he is doing (including, I hear, building a ballroom with stairs to nowhere, like the Winchester house).

What are Trump's motives? How dark do you want to get?

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-25 09:23 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Okay, so Trump is invading Venezuela to slow the import of Colombian marching powder?

#8 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-10-25 09:27 AM | Reply

The fat retard needs to be put down

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-10-25 09:35 AM | Reply

#6

You're an idiot

#10 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-10-25 09:35 AM | Reply

"Well Trumpers, I thought he wasn't going to engage in foreign conflicts?"

Trumpy says a lot of things.

He also said he won't touch the East Wing.

The East Wing was completely demolished.

I am detecting a pattern.

#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-25 09:51 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Like the middle east, it's all about oil.

#12 | Posted by bat4255 at 2025-10-25 10:24 AM | Reply

Like the middle east, it's all about oil.

#12 | Posted by bat4255

Maduro will blow those oil fields, just like Saddam.

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-25 10:58 AM | Reply

Headline is misleading - should read:

The Epstein Files are preparing for War in Venezuela

#14 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-10-25 11:16 AM | Reply

We may already be at war. But how will we know? The press is no longer allowed into the pentagon.

Coincident?

I think not.

#15 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-25 11:50 AM | Reply

"Like the middle east, it's all about oil."

You guys like to make fun of maga for their ignorance and stupidity, but your own roses don't pass the smell test. The people who think "everything is about oil" aren't that far apart from those who rant about Soros or Jewish space lasers.

#16 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-10-25 11:50 AM | Reply

Sentinel is here to do his usual BOTH SIDES! crap.

*drink*

#17 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-25 11:52 AM | Reply

Haven't seen MAGA out yet to say let's give peace a chance.

#18 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-25 11:54 AM | Reply

So, Trump will conduct air strikes against the mainland of Venezuela and provoke a patriotic war there in which Maduro is stronger than ever.

Like I said. Donald is insane.

#19 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-25 11:55 AM | Reply

I'm not going to think this is serious until the USS Epstein is dispatched to the area.

Trump needs this new Epstein Distraction bigly because sooner or later Moses Mike is going to have to hold, and lose, the vote to release the files.

Plus, we will need to be in a state of war somewhere when the 2028 elections roll around so he can declare a State of Emergency to try to stall them.

#20 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-25 11:58 AM | Reply

Trump claims he's not pursuing "regime change."

Therefore he is obviously pursuing a regime change.

"It is as a show of force, sabre rattling, gunboat policy intended to put pressure on Mr Maduro with the goal of forcing him to step down and convince him to step down and take a golden exit. If that fails emboldening those in his government, who might topple him."
-Brian Finucane, a former state department lawyer who is now senior adviser at the International Crisis Group.

Declaring war could help with the revival of the Alien Enemies Act, last used to intern Japanese, German and Italian nationals during World War Two, to detain and deport Venezuelan nationals en masse.

And yes access to their oil and natural resources.

In the past, Trump has expressed frustration that the U.S. did not get oil after the Iraq invasion, and has suggested keeping oil resources in Syria. Furthermore, Venezuelan officials have reportedly floated proposals, including offering the U.S. a stake in the country's oil and mineral wealth, as a way to appease Washington.

#21 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-25 12:05 PM | Reply

I'll do my own research before I trust "the Atlantic".

#22 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-25 12:20 PM | Reply

LftHndThrds prefers the comfort of his own ignorance.

Story of his life. Never left the safety of the nest. Never had to.

#23 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-25 12:22 PM | Reply

I'll do my own research before I trust "the Atlantic".

#22 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Is Stormfront really still a thing?

Amazing.

#24 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-25 12:31 PM | Reply

I'll do my own research before I trust "the Atlantic".

#22 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Translation:
"I don't know how to get around the paywall."

#25 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-25 12:38 PM | Reply

"usual BOTH SIDES! crap."

All you wingnuts whine like little bitches whenever someone points out you're just aping each other.

*drink*

Drink to the truth. Like Bob Dylan.

#26 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-10-25 01:12 PM | Reply

Great! All those cosplaying Proud Lads and ICEes can be on the front lines. No training needed, just like their Russian counterparts. Give them a gun, tell them to advance and remind them deserters, cowards and anyone retreating will be shot. Remind them to forage for their own food ...

#27 | Posted by catdog at 2025-10-25 01:16 PM | Reply

Yeah! It's all the same!

One side wants universal healthcare and the other side wants tax cuts for billionaires! It's all the same.

#28 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-25 01:34 PM | Reply

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