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William Seger

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9. "Merry Christmas, Venezuela, here's your country back. We're outa here!" is what #rump would have said...

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 02:15 AM

Jan 4

...if he was just trying to make the world a better place by eliminating Maduro. Nope, it was, "We're gonna run things. And BTW, we still remember that oil you stole from us, and we didn't steal enough back yet."

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