And, of course, to reiterate what's been said a million times, fentanyl is produced using Chinese precursors cooked up in Mexican labs. Venezuela has nothing to do with US fentanyl, though of course Trump and Friends will insist without any evideince that they do. It's another cheap trick by Trump to let him grab levers of power that he wouldn't be authorised to use otherwise. He'll use it for regime change in Venezuela, and to reinvigorate his campaign punishing liberal American cities.
Venezuela could also be a power play by Rubio to succeed Trump. There are some interesting articles on Maria Conchado after shen won the Nobel Peace Prize which touch on Rubio/current admin.
They lie about everything. It's like we have Putin or Kim Jong Un running this country now. The only difference is that they don't sell hats and souvenirs one the side with their name on them like Trump..
if I was a prosecutor, I’d want Susie Wiles as my witness…she doesn’t mind spewing all the secrets she has loose ass lips
Hilarious that I said in my original post that this was all about heavy crude bcz its the only thing our refineries can work with. His dumbass cultists spent weeks arguing here it was about drugs
I assume he means Venezuela nationalizing their oil fields that were being operated by Exxon and stuff.
This risks repeating past failures by using public power, public funds, and potentially lives to resolve private economic claims or secure private economic gains. Iraq wasn’t that long ago, and Iran remains a reminder of how long these consequences can last.
So, the lie is exposed, and the truth is out there.......this was NEVER about drugs, so I guess those fishermen were a "casualty"................WTF Man, this administration is PURE EVIL, No Donald, no heaven for you
The House was voting Wednesday on a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’spower to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela. Democrats forced the votes using war powers resolutions as Trump has stepped up his threats against the South American nation and Congress has questioned how the U.S. military is conducting a campaign that has destroyed 25 vessels allegedly carrying drugs and killed at least 95 people. The legislation, if it becomes law, would force the Trump administration to seek authorization from Congress before continuing attacks against cartels that it deems to be terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere or launching an attack on Venezuela itself. Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, argued that Trump’s aggressions in the region were really because “the president is coveting Venezuelan oil.” They are the first votes in the House on Trump’s military campaign in Central and South America. A majority of Republicans in the Senate had previously voted against similar resolutions, and Trump would almost certainly veto them if they were to pass Congress. But Democrats forced the votes as a way to bring up a debate about the military campaign and force Republicans to go on the record about supporting it. Republican leaders have increasingly expressed support for Trump’s campaign, even as it potentially escalates into a direct confrontation with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Still, the Trump administration has not sought congressional authorization for its recent actions in the Caribbean, arguing instead that it can destroy drug-carrying boats just as it would handle terrorist threats against the U.S. That rationale, however, has led to deep scrutiny of the strikes, especially after it was revealed that a Sept. 2 operation killed two people who had survived an initial attack. Democrats also repeatedly challenged whether Trump’s goals are in fact about halting drug trafficking and preventing overdose deaths. They stridently criticized the president for pardoning former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández after he was sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation that moved hundreds of tons of cocaine to the U.S. A few GOP lawmakers have joined them, noting the escalation of hostilities against Venezuela has failed to keep Trump’s campaign promises to disengage from military commitments overseas. “If it were about drugs, we’d bomb Mexico or China or Colombia,” said Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, as he pointed out that those countries were actually where illegal drugs originate. “This is about oil and regime change,” he added.
