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Environment & Energy

Lonestarblue

(13,080 posts)

3. To destroy an environmentally sensitive area just to show he can?

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 06:40 AM

Yesterday

The creatures living on these remote islands are already stressed from tourism and climate warming. Why would the US even want a military base on one of these islands? The US Virgin Islands are far closer to Venezuela, whose oil he covets for his billionaire oil bros.

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To destroy an environmentally sensitive area just to show he can? Lonestarblue Yesterday #3

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