What Does Trump Mean When He Says - 'Everything Is On The Table' - With Respect To.....

[global1]

Venezuela?

[flyingfysh]

1. It sounds like Trump is threatening to invade or bomb

He needs distraction from the Russia probe. That would do it.

[global1]

3. What's His Beef With Venezuela?....

What would be his justification for invading or bombing?

[shraby]

4. Oil?

[flyingfysh]

6. Oil, and distraction

In the past, he has talked about seizing oil from other countries, and his advisers told him that would be a bad idea.

[Miguel M]

8. There is no justification.

Other than distraction, oil, theft of public infrastructure, imperialism... all the usual reasons for US imperialism.

[denverbill]

16. Ask the Koch brothers. They own the refineries the process Venezuelan crude in the US.

[GeorgeGist]

2. He has no clue!

[Thekaspervote]

11. +1000

[world wide wally]

5. Everything means bombs in Trumpspeak.

[RockRaven]

7. Usually that means that he doesn't know enough about the topic to say anything specific.

And, of course, it is also a vague threat.

[MineralMan]

9. He means he has no idea what to do, and is willing to do almost anything

to get his way. That's what he always means when he says that.

[struggle4progress]

10. "If you liked what Elliott Abrams did in El Salvador for The Gipper, and if you liked what Abrams

did in Iraq for W, you'll like what Abrams is planning in Venezuela for The Don!"

[C_U_L8R]

12. He heard some tough guy say that in a tv show

[frogmarch]

13. It's code for

his old standby "We'll see what happens."

[NewJeffCT]

14. He wants to nuke Venezuela

to prove his manhood

[dewsgirl]

15. I believe Putin is against this, so I'm going to go with distraction.

[louis-t]

17. He can't wait for a big, beautiful war.

Fucking asshole.

[Thomas Hurt]

18. I think he means it as some kind of veiled threat/negotiating tactic.

It is bee ess of course but makes him like a strong decisive leader to the cultists.

[Atticus]

19. Are you asking what he meant? Does ANYONE know what he meant? Did he really

say ANYTHING?

Was there any thought whatsoever in his mind before he made this meaningless noise?

[rampartc]

20. it means "do not give him authorization to use force in venezuela"

[MiniMe]

21. You really think he would bother going to Congress before he uses force in Venezuela?

He would just declare it a National Emergency and do it anyway

[moondust]

22. War crimes are okay.

Someone without any moral character won't care about committing war crimes in the pursuit of whatever he wants.

In other VZ news, the guys who used a drone to try to take out Maduro last year met with U.S. officials.

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The attacker claimed that he met with several US officials three times after the attack. "After, they set up three meetings which I imagine was to collect information to study the case, but it didn't go past that," he said.

"They wanted to get information and then we asked for things in return. They took notes on this, and we asked if they would be able to help. Then they simply left with their notes, and they never appeared again."
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http://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/americas/venezuela-drone-maduro-intl/index.html

[lame54]

23. He's hosting a championship team