#Trump Monday declined to answer a question about his endgame in #Venezuela, even as he again threatened land strikes & said it’d be “smart” for #Maduro to step down.

“There’s no answer. He can do whatever he wants. We have a massive armada—the biggest we’ve ever had, & the biggest we’ve ever had in South America. He can do whatever he wants. It’s all right, whatever he wants to do. If he wants to do something, if he plays tough, it’d be the last time he’s ever able to play tough.”

#law #oil

@Nonilex Venezuela nationalised their oil industry in 1976. That meant a bunch of US corporations lost their property.

Trump is replaying all the reactionary Boomer grievances from the 1980s. That's all he does.