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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(131,483 posts)
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 08:46 PM 8 hrs ago

Trump says land strikes in Venezuela will 'start very soon'

Source: USA Today

Amid a buildup of U.S. military forces near Venezuela and strikes on alleged drug boats, President Donald Trump told U.S. troops on Thanksgiving that the military operation will soon include strikes on land.

“In recent weeks, you’ve been working to deter Venezuelan drug traffickers," Trump said during a call with military service members that alluded to the boat strikes, adding: "We’ll be starting to stop them by land also. The land is easier, but that’s going to start very soon."

Since early September, the Trump administration has attacked at least 21 boats traversing the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific in international waters, killing 83 people − many of them Venezuelans. Administration officials have said, without providing evidence, that those boats were attempting to carry narcotics to the United States.

The military campaign that has drawn criticism from legal experts, who question the legality of using deadly military force rather than trying to apprehend suspected trafficking vessels and their cargo. This week Senate Democrats escalated their demands that the Trump administration publicly disclose the legal justification for conducting the attacks.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-land-strikes-venezuela-191521301.html



Another war started by a chickenhawk.
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Trump says land strikes in Venezuela will 'start very soon' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 8 hrs ago OP
Good Ole "Brain Spurs" always loves war and killing...It is the way... wcmagumba 8 hrs ago #1
I doubt Barron Trump is going to enlist. Klarkashton 5 hrs ago #26
The land is easier so said Bay of Piggie parte dos. GreenWave 8 hrs ago #2
D'ya suppose that would affect his Nobel Peace Prize? ("Noble" as he also calls it) Norrrm 7 hrs ago #3
Followed by the unraveling of this regime. paleotn 7 hrs ago #4
I think it was "unraveled" on day one. Scruffy1 7 hrs ago #13
"Particularly if body bags start landing at Dover AFB" LudwigPastorius 6 hrs ago #14
Baron Harkonnen wants spice. DJ Synikus Makisimus 7 hrs ago #5
Apt comparison, I wonder if our Baron can fly up in the air and laugh maniacally? wcmagumba 7 hrs ago #8
Dunno, bu Trump's almost as good looking as Stellan Skarsgard DJ Synikus Makisimus 5 hrs ago #25
Desperate and caged rabid fatso wolfie001 7 hrs ago #6
Or at least visit the assholes in Congress in their dreams mdbl 7 hrs ago #12
Ummm sheshe2 7 hrs ago #7
Point to it on the map, stable jeenus. twodogsbarking 7 hrs ago #9
WAG THE DOG. Baitball Blogger 7 hrs ago #10
- Lemon Lyman 7 hrs ago #11
Logical! Aussie105 6 hrs ago #15
Does he not get the fact YoshidaYui 6 hrs ago #16
A land conflict in a nation of 28 million composed of jungles and mountains NickB79 6 hrs ago #17
How A Nuclear War Would Actually Go Down Justice matters. 6 hrs ago #18
"Onward... to Macho Grande!" BurnDoubt 6 hrs ago #19
Won't anyone stop this demented old kacekwl 6 hrs ago #20
Hopefully it will be the same two weeks away WestMichRad 6 hrs ago #21
This demented wacko is destroying us. BarbD 5 hrs ago #22
In two weeks. Ocelot II 5 hrs ago #23
And Putin Says I'm Sending Russian Troops To Venezuela DallasNE 5 hrs ago #24
We need to take to the streets if he does Bobstandard 5 hrs ago #27
We've Fallen Through The Ice Bread and Circuses 5 hrs ago #28
Drugs? My ass. It's OIL! Give me oil, oil, oil. Firestorm49 5 hrs ago #29
Prediction dweller 5 hrs ago #30
I think that's called an act of war. JohnnyRingo 2 hrs ago #31

paleotn

(21,257 posts)
4. Followed by the unraveling of this regime.
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 08:55 PM
7 hrs ago

It's no secret many Republicans hate his ass almost as much as we do. They simply had to go along to keep their cushy jobs. But as his base erodes along with his political clout, we're seeing more of them break from the pack. He does this and it might be stamped. Particularly if body bags start landing at Dover AFB. Trump is weaker politically than he's ever been and maybe I'm reading too much into this but it feels like the "knives" are coming out. Getting "strung up and butchered" by his own party would be an interesting turn of events.

Scruffy1

(3,479 posts)
13. I think it was "unraveled" on day one.
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 09:44 PM
7 hrs ago

In the whole history of the USA there might have been a few complete mental cases appointed to cabinet level jobs but this administration has nothing but the worst of the worst. All of the great ones were very careful with their cabinet picks and relied on building a consensus among them before making important decisions. When you have people with no ability except kissing ass and a person with Narcistic Personality Disorder in charge the result is catastrophic. I'm beginning to think I made a really bad choice in not leaving the country, but then I'm old and probably won't have to deal with this shit for a long time. Pity the next generation. Aldous Huxley was right. You don't need violence to control; you only need to control the media.

LudwigPastorius

(13,884 posts)
14. "Particularly if body bags start landing at Dover AFB"
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 09:56 PM
6 hrs ago

I have my doubts that he's going to send in any troops.

He'll likely lob some cruise missiles at random places and people, then declare victory.

DJ Synikus Makisimus

(1,159 posts)
5. Baron Harkonnen wants spice.
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 08:57 PM
7 hrs ago

Or at least the kickbacks he gets from Exxon/Mobil et al. Venezuela got lots of spice.

wcmagumba

(5,336 posts)
8. Apt comparison, I wonder if our Baron can fly up in the air and laugh maniacally?
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 09:17 PM
7 hrs ago

It would take some strong suspensors...

DJ Synikus Makisimus

(1,159 posts)
25. Dunno, bu Trump's almost as good looking as Stellan Skarsgard
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 11:36 PM
5 hrs ago

or Kenneth McMillan in their makeup for the role.

Anyone got eyes on Rex Tillerson?

wolfie001

(6,628 posts)
6. Desperate and caged rabid fatso
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 08:59 PM
7 hrs ago
Please Grim Reaper, I implore you! Help the world out! 👏☮️

mdbl

(7,894 posts)
12. Or at least visit the assholes in Congress in their dreams
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 09:41 PM
7 hrs ago

and implore them to take action.

sheshe2

(95,099 posts)
7. Ummm
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 09:10 PM
7 hrs ago
Putin ally floats sending Venezuela nuclear-capable missiles to deter US
Russia has suggested it could send its most advanced hypersonic missiles to Venezuela as tensions with the United States escalate.

Alexei Zhuravlyov, deputy chairman of Russia’s parliamentary defense committee, told Russian news outlet Gazeta.Ru there were “no obstacles” to providing the Oreshnik or Kalibr missiles to the “friendly” nation.

“Russia is actually one of Venezuela’s key military-technical partners. We supply the country with nearly the entire range of weapons, from small arms to aviation. The details and volumes of deliveries are classified, so the Americans might be in for a surprise. I see no obstacles to providing our friendly nation with new systems such as the Oreshnik or the well-proven Kalibr missiles. No international commitments restrict Russia in this regard,” Zhuravlyov said.

Why It Matters
Tensions in the region have grown in recent months as the U.S. has increased its military presence near Venezuelan waters. The Trump administration has deployed fighter jets, bombers, drones, spy planes, warships and Marines to the region, citing efforts to curb drug trafficking. These operations have resulted in more than a dozen strikes and over 60 deaths since September, with many of the alleged traffickers having departed from Venezuela.

In response, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has reportedly reached out to Russia, China and Iran to request military assistance.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-ally-floats-sending-venezuela-nuclear-capable-missiles-to-deter-us/ar-AA1PO1xT

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Smart move, donnie. Let's start a war with Russia, China and Iran!

Lemon Lyman

(1,546 posts)
11. -
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 09:41 PM
7 hrs ago

I wonder if it'll take his base 10 seconds or 15 to do a 180 on, "We didn't/don't have any wars under numbnuts" ??

New talking points do out soon.

Aussie105

(7,470 posts)
15. Logical!
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 09:57 PM
6 hrs ago

The department of defence was renamed the department of war, so now Trump is looking for wars to start.

And the best way to start a war is to blame another country for something they may, or may not, have done.

Too simple!

NickB79

(20,184 posts)
17. A land conflict in a nation of 28 million composed of jungles and mountains
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 10:12 PM
6 hrs ago

How hard could it be?

Justice matters.

(9,159 posts)
18. How A Nuclear War Would Actually Go Down
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 10:24 PM
6 hrs ago


The sickness of playing with atomic fire from the 0.01% on all sides.

What could go wrong if yatches won't be able to buy themselves?

They won't be happly until they'll kill us all, themselves included.

No effin "Rapture" to be seen anywhere...

BarbD

(1,356 posts)
22. This demented wacko is destroying us.
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 10:53 PM
5 hrs ago

We must up our resistance to this insanity. Good trouble here we come.

DallasNE

(7,929 posts)
24. And Putin Says I'm Sending Russian Troops To Venezuela
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 11:16 PM
5 hrs ago

Who didn't see that coming? Check and Mate.

Bobstandard

(2,118 posts)
27. We need to take to the streets if he does
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 11:42 PM
5 hrs ago

Psycho in the White House. It’s going to be up to us to stop him.

Bread and Circuses

(1,449 posts)
28. We've Fallen Through The Ice
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 11:46 PM
5 hrs ago

This is indeed a fascist coup . The entire Republican Congress are seditious traitors. I don’t want to hear that they are afraid of speaking out against the PedoPrez. Do your Job. Impeach the OrangeFelob for treason and flagrantly violating the constitution. That enables Congress to remove the entire administration.

Time has run out. Each day the stranglehold of the people is tighter .

There will be concentration camps and the end to free speech next.

We the people are doing all that we can. But the republicans refuse to act. And act they must.

JohnnyRingo

(20,317 posts)
31. I think that's called an act of war.
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 02:00 AM
2 hrs ago

Doesn't Congress take care of such things, or have they been completely neutered?

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