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US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against the South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro.

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[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 168 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (15 children)

Starting a nonsense war under the guise of "spreading democracy" just to take their oil reserves so that rednecks back home can pollute the air and warm the earth with their oversized trucks. Can it get any more American this?

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

He wants to declare war on Venezuela next year (or hopes that he can agitate them enough to commit an act of terror on the US) so he can deny midterm elections because he knows the GOP majority will potentially be cooked

Remember how much his eyes shifted when he was told that elections can be delayed due to a country being at war

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (7 children)

He's not 100% wrong.

I'm sure he remembers fondly how every single news network praised him profusely when he dropped the MOAB on Afghanistan.

He knows very well how much the US loves a warmongering president.

[–] bagelberger@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

are you talking about the bunker buster in Iran?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No, this was in his first term.

Here's an article on it: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39598046

But yeah, every single news outlet sang his praises after this. I specifically remember being on the treadmill in the gym, watching CNN, and I'll quote Fareed Zakaria: "In that moment, he became president of the United States."

This country loves war to the point of absolute absurdity.

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