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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump repeatedly suggested Venezuela invasion, stunning top aides - report
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/04/trump-suggested-invading-venezuela-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherThe administration officials are said to have taken turns in trying to talk the president out of the idea in August of last year
Julian Borger in Washington DC
Thu 5 Jul 2018 02.26 EDT
Donald Trump repeatedly raised the possibility of invading Venezuela in talks with his top aides at the White House, according to a new report.
Trump brought up the subject of an invasion in public in August last year, saying: We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option, if necessary. But the presidents musings about the possibility of a US invasion were more extensive and persistent than that public declaration, according to the Associated Press.
The previous day Trump reportedly took his top officials by surprise in an Oval Office meeting, asking why the US could not intervene to remove the government of Nicolás Maduro on the grounds that Venezuelas political and economic unraveling represented a threat to the region.
Quoting an unnamed senior administration official, the AP report said the suggestion stunned those present at the meeting, which included the then national security adviser, HR McMaster, and secretary of state, Rex Tillerson. Both have since left the administration.
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Trump repeatedly suggested Venezuela invasion, stunning top aides - report (Original Post)
G_j
Jul 2018
OP
What is it called when someone's extreme ignorance drives him to make insane
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2018
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drray23
(7,616 posts)1. probably he is seeing putin got away with invading and annexing Crimea
So, why not invade Venezuela ?
Thats how this dictator wannabe thinks.
G_j
(40,366 posts)7. As insane as that sounds ...
Chickensoup
(650 posts)2. He want to take their oil
the man is a thief.
Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)3. What is it called when someone's extreme ignorance drives him to make insane
conclusions?
duforsure
(11,885 posts)4. Will he do that
To Mexico and Canada? Will putin have him go after their resources?
Chickensoup
(650 posts)5. Yes, I think he and Putin want to split
Ruling the world like the Middle Ages .