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Uncle Joe

(64,239 posts)
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 11:51 AM Yesterday

Trump Vows to "Indefinitely" Control Venezuela's Oil



U.S. forces have seized two more oil tankers with links to Venezuela, days after the U.S. attacked Venezuela and abducted President Nicolás Maduro along with his wife, making former Vice President Delcy Rodríguez the new leader of the country. “This is a decapitation without regime change,” says Venezuelan economist Francisco Rodríguez. “The political system in Venezuela remains intact.” In Caracas, former Venezuelan diplomat Carlos Ron says Maduro is a “prisoner of war” and that Venezuelans “are angry and are upset about this incursion from the United States.” This comes as the Trump administration has announced plans to control sales of Venezuela’s oil “indefinitely.”
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Trump's mental capacity is so degraded he no longer has the wits to conceal his Gaugamela Yesterday #1

Gaugamela

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1. Trump's mental capacity is so degraded he no longer has the wits to conceal his
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 12:41 PM
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own kleptomania. He accepts bribes out in the open, and walked off the stage with the FIFA trophy. His handlers are losing the ability to hide his insanity.

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