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kerry-is-my-prez

(10,201 posts)
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 03:28 PM Oct 25

WW3?? Trump not just warmongering against Venezuela, they're messing w/China, South America, Russia, etc.

Just google “Trump and air craft carriers” or warships to see all of the different military actions he’s taking around the world:

Trump has gotten so power-hungry that he is no longer satisfied with just “taking over” the U.S.

He’s sending out huge aircraft carriers and war ships to several areas. Other countries are now threatening the U.S.:

‘If Trump Intervenes…’: Lula’s Adviser Warns Of Big War In U.S. Backyard As Warship Deployed

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/if-trump-intervenes-lulas-adviser-warns-of-big-war-in-u-s-backyard-as-warship-deployed/videoshow/124797791.cms#google_vignette
TOI.in / Oct 25, 2025, 07:57AM IST
Brazil has issued a stern warning to the U.S. over potential Venezuela intervention.


US Ally Issues Update on American Missiles Threatening China US Ally Issues Update on American Missiles Threatening China
OCT 24, 2025
By Ryan Chan
https://www.newsweek.com/us-ally-issues-update-american-missiles-threatening-china-10932238
Japan's Defense Ministry confirmed to Newsweek that the United States is "preparing for the retrograde" of the Typhon missile system—capable of striking China from the allied country—following a military exercise between American and Japanese forces.


Trump To Unleash 15,000-Ton Warships, Missiles On China As War Drums Beat? Big 'Golden Fleet' Plan
https://m.


President Donald Trump has unveiled an ambitious naval modernization program dubbed the “Golden Fleet,” a sweeping plan to transform U.S. maritime power with massive, missile-laden warships designed to outmatch China’s expanding navy.​ According to reports from The Wall Street Journal and other outlets, the Golden Fleet forms the centerpiece of Trump’s $1 trillion defense upgrade initiative.


US to escalate military presence in South America with aircraft carrier group
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart
October 24, 20253:39 PM EDTUpdated 8 hours ago

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-military-deploy-aircraft-carrier-south-america-amid-soaring-tensions-with-2025-10-24/

President Donald Trump’s administration escalated a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean on Friday by announcing the deployment of the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group to Latin America — a show of force far beyond any past counter-narcotics effort and Washington’s most assertive move in the region yet.
The deployment, which adds to the eight warships, a nuclear submarine and F-35 aircraft already in the region, marks a significant escalation amid heightened tensions with Venezuela, whose government Washington has long accused of harboring drug traffickers and undermining democratic institutions.


US B-1 Bombers Put on Show of Force Against Russia
PUBLISHED
OCT 24, 2025 AT 11:12 AM EDT

https://www.newsweek.com/us-b-1-bombers-put-on-show-of-force-against-russia-10934071

By Ryan Chan
China News Reporter

The U.S. Alaskan Command said the United States recently deployed bombers over waters of Alaska's outlying islands near Russia, demonstrating its deterrence against maritime threats to the homeland.
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kerry-is-my-prez

(10,201 posts)
7. He is like a 5 year old who is destroying things until an adult stops him.
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 04:01 PM
Oct 25

He is on a tear. Him destroying a third of the White House is very symbolic.

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,577 posts)
4. Let's hope Been A Dick Donald and his cronies follow Hitler's example of offing himself,
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 03:40 PM
Oct 25

preferably before he blows up the world.

Initech

(107,265 posts)
3. Trump is the threat! He's the biggest one of them all!
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 03:39 PM
Oct 25

Of course half of this country is too brainwashed to realize it, and the billionaires are building their own James Bond villain lair in Hawaii so they escape justice. Argh!

Justice matters.

(9,307 posts)
5. But but but, president pedofelon promised them no new wars
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 03:47 PM
Oct 25

just like he would lower the price of groceries and end all wars on day one...

The worst part is, they believed him!

SARose

(1,822 posts)
8. Our Venezuelan friends are saying
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 04:20 PM
Oct 25

Trump will use the same game plan as Iran. They will fly into the interior and bomb some random “ranchito” and congratulate themselves on their “win.”

They could be right.

A bit of a geography lesson. The Andes mountains rise straight out of the Caribbean Sea near Caracas, the Capital.

Caracas is completely surrounded by mountains. One, El Avila, is 7,000 ft above sea level. Caracas lies in a 7 mile valley about 3200 ft above sea level. The four lane highway from the Simon Bolivar Airport to Caracas passes through two tunnels - one about 6200 ft long and the other about 1600 ft, if memory serves. The road climbs 3,000 plus feet in 22 miles.

Now Maracaibo in Western Venezuela sits on Lake Maracaibo which is an estuary that empties into the Gulf of Venezuela. Lake Maracaibo is now a hell hole of old, abandoned leaking oil and gas wells. Not a good place to bomb.

Eastern Venezuela has its own unique geography. Here you have massive salt flats from the Orinoco River Delta. Eastern Venezuela is home to “sweet, light crude,” large oil refineries, and natural gas wells in addition to uranium and gold fields.

South of there you have the Orinoco Heavy Crude belt along the river. South of there is the Grand Savannah and Brazil.

Venezuela has 2 seasons - wet and dry. It is the dry season now - no rain will fall until May. Red dust everywhere.

Long story short, old Whiskey Hegseth has his work cut out for him.



BigmanPigman

(54,534 posts)
9. He'll start wars as a form of distraction.
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 04:21 PM
Oct 25

His agenda is to destroy the USA but first he will steal as much $$$$$ as possible.
The vengeful psychopath is going to get us killed.

kerry-is-my-prez

(10,201 posts)
12. My theory is that he's getting bored with only taking over the U.S.
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 05:15 PM
Oct 25

No one is really stopping him in this country so he has to satisfy his war-mongering needs by conquering the world.

Xolodno

(7,294 posts)
13. He's nuts and believes his own bullshit.
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 06:42 PM
Oct 25

Maduro has a thousand Russian mercenaries guarding him.

Invading Venezuela will make Afghanistan look like a picnic.

Brazil has threatned to get involved and its rumored they have about a half a dozen nukes...never tested and need to be assembled. But think its best we don't ever find out.

If we get involved in a war there, China will likely invade Taiwan as we will be in another boondoggle. And Russia will no doubt finally go full bore in Ukraine.

And of course, the OAS will condemn our actions and start aiding Venezuela. This is not something we want to get involved in. Bush, Obama and Biden all knew this is something you just have to let run its course. Any action will not be fruitful.

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