"When the news media say the United States’ strongarm approach to Venezuela 'raises legal questions,' that’s code for 'the president is violating the law, but no one is going to stop him.'”

~ Mark Jacob

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania #Jan6 #coup #insurrection #Constitution #crime #corruption #media
/8

https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/will-the-press-continue-to-keep-trumps

"Trump’s actions were illegal under international law, unjustified by any cognizable claim of 'self-defense,' comprised an extrajudicial abduction in violation of state sovereignty rules, and violate both the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Act."

~ Jay Kuo

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania #Jan6 #coup #insurrection #Constitution #crime #corruption
/7

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/back-to-legal-basics-on-venezuela

"The straight line between Trump’s Jan. 6 terrorist attack and his attack on Venezuela: Trump is what happens when crimes go unpunished."

~ Dean Obeidallah

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania #Jan6 #coup #insurrection #Constitution #crime #corruption
/6

https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/the-straight-line-between-trumps

"Donald Trump doesn’t do restraint. He doesn’t do 'one and done.' He does Lays Potato Chips; one of his favorite snacks on Air Force One. 'You can’t stop with just one.' Not one wife. Not one golf course. Not one building. Not one award. Not one raid."

~ Michael Cohen

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania
/5

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-never-stops-at-one

"The Venezuelan coup created the type of ultraviolent spectacle that Trump revels in, but it had little rationale other than providing an advertisement for Trump’s vision of a world of unbridled imperial plunder divided into spheres of influence."

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania
/4

"With his domestic support flailing and his reputation threatened by new revelations of his ties to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Trump is turning to foreign policy as an arena where he can still flex his muscles. This is especially true in the Western Hemisphere, where the United States has long enjoyed a de facto sphere of influence under the dubious justification of the Monroe Doctrine."

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #narcissism
/3

"Trump is drunk on war. The spectacle of violence on behalf of naked plunder gives him a sense of power. During his press conference on Saturday, Trump exulted, 'Overwhelming American military power, air, land, and sea was used to launch a spectacular assault, and it was a—an assault like people have not seen since World War II.'”

~ Jeet Heer

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania
/2

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/donald-trump-venezuela-coup-imperialism/

Because commentary on what Trump is doing vis-a-vis Venezuela (and threatening to do to other nations) keeps pouring out, I'm going to create a second thread today, to complement the long one I created earlier today — the link to that is below.

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism
/1

https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/115842919547899797

"When the news media say the United States’ strongarm approach to Venezuela 'raises legal questions,' that’s code for 'the president is violating the law, but no one is going to stop him.'”

~ Mark Jacob

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania #Jan6 #coup #insurrection #Constitution #crime #corruption #media
/8

https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/will-the-press-continue-to-keep-trumps

"Trump’s actions were illegal under international law, unjustified by any cognizable claim of 'self-defense,' comprised an extrajudicial abduction in violation of state sovereignty rules, and violate both the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Act."

~ Jay Kuo

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania #Jan6 #coup #insurrection #Constitution #crime #corruption
/7

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/back-to-legal-basics-on-venezuela

"The straight line between Trump’s Jan. 6 terrorist attack and his attack on Venezuela: Trump is what happens when crimes go unpunished."

~ Dean Obeidallah

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania #Jan6 #coup #insurrection #Constitution #crime #corruption
/6

https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/the-straight-line-between-trumps

"Donald Trump doesn’t do restraint. He doesn’t do 'one and done.' He does Lays Potato Chips; one of his favorite snacks on Air Force One. 'You can’t stop with just one.' Not one wife. Not one golf course. Not one building. Not one award. Not one raid."

~ Michael Cohen

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania
/5

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-never-stops-at-one

"The Venezuelan coup created the type of ultraviolent spectacle that Trump revels in, but it had little rationale other than providing an advertisement for Trump’s vision of a world of unbridled imperial plunder divided into spheres of influence."

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania
/4

"With his domestic support flailing and his reputation threatened by new revelations of his ties to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Trump is turning to foreign policy as an arena where he can still flex his muscles. This is especially true in the Western Hemisphere, where the United States has long enjoyed a de facto sphere of influence under the dubious justification of the Monroe Doctrine."

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #narcissism
/3

"Trump is drunk on war. The spectacle of violence on behalf of naked plunder gives him a sense of power. During his press conference on Saturday, Trump exulted, 'Overwhelming American military power, air, land, and sea was used to launch a spectacular assault, and it was a—an assault like people have not seen since World War II.'”

~ Jeet Heer

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism #megalomania
/2

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/donald-trump-venezuela-coup-imperialism/

Because commentary on what Trump is doing vis-a-vis Venezuela (and threatening to do to other nations) keeps pouring out, I'm going to create a second thread today, to complement the long one I created earlier today — the link to that is below.

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism
/1

https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/115842919547899797

"By a 4:1 ratio, polls show the American people oppose the use of military force for regime change in Venezuela — including the strike that led to Maduro’s capture over the weekend."

~ G. Elliott Morris

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism
/1

https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/americans-do-not-want-war-with-venezuela

"At Strength in Numbers, G. Elliott Morris noted that military intervention in Venezuela is even more unpopular with the American people 'than Trump’s tariffs and health care cuts.' ...

But officials in the administration no longer appear to care what the American people want," (continued in /3)

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #NationalSecurityStrategy #Congress #violence #narcissism
/2

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-4-2026