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Javaman

(65,120 posts)
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:15 PM Saturday

Holy shit, get a load of this!

(It’s Apple News. I can’t get the link to the post story)

Trump says U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela during transition after U.S. raid

President Donald Trump said the United States will control Venezuela for an unspecified period after a U.S. raid captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Donald Trump said Saturday at his Mar-a-Lago Club that the United States will control Venezuela for an unspecified period after a U.S. operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

“We are going to run the country. But till such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” he said, immediately raising questions about whether U.S. military personnel will be deployed to Venezuela.
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are aboard the USS Iwo Jima and bound for New York after they were captured by U.S. forces and removed from Venezuela by helicopter, Trump said.
Overnight, explosions shook multiple locations across Caracas, including at key military facilities, and aircraft were seen flying over the Venezuelan capital. Trump said the U.S. had prepared to mount a second-wave attack in Venezuela but that he doubted it would be needed

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Holy shit, get a load of this! (Original Post) Javaman Saturday OP
US oil companies will rebuild dweller Saturday #1
This is a living, breathing, wide-awake nightmare. calimary Saturday #2
The stupid swine is now a war criminal. Dave Bowman Saturday #3

dweller

(27,847 posts)
1. US oil companies will rebuild
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:19 PM
Saturday

The oil infrastructure ‘at their own expense ‘ and will be compensated for it .



Fuk these clowns


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calimary

(89,041 posts)
2. This is a living, breathing, wide-awake nightmare.
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:23 PM
Saturday

It’s hard to believe this is even being allowed to happen.

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