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ashredux

(2,928 posts)
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:09 AM Jan 3

RE: the US attack on Venezuela - what we really need to know right now, is who are the people pulling Trump's strings?

Trump did not think all this up by himself. He is seriously mentally incapacitated. This is lawlessness, and hopefully we can find out who is behind all this…. This has to stop.

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underpants

(196,521 posts)
3. Our military continually plans for things like this
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:12 AM
Jan 3

and given the ongoing pressure focused on regime change they had planned this for months I’m sure. Trump said on Fox News that a replica of the house was built and trained on. Trump said….I know.

We have CIA there and they apparently were precisely tracking him.

ashredux

(2,928 posts)
6. I'm sure our military has capabilities for every scenario. But, this this entire concept, wasn't Trump's idea.
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:17 AM
Jan 3

Yes, they have a lot of oil there. But, somebody pushed Trump to do this initially. He loves the idea of being a “strong man“, but again, his mental capabilities were never good to start, and he has deteriorated to the point now that he’s incapable of even being involved with any real planning.

Kid Berwyn

(24,422 posts)
5. Elon Musk. Stephen Miller. Russell Vought...
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:17 AM
Jan 3

…and every billionaire pedophile, oil baron and drug dealer on the planet who’s “given” to his ballroom.

in2herbs

(4,405 posts)
14. And then F45 will use Cuba as a jail for his deported immigrants since he's getting stopped at building
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 01:09 PM
Jan 3

more facilities in the US.

ColoringFool

(721 posts)
8. We've KNOWN Since At Least 2016, Some Since 1987,.....
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:25 AM
Jan 3

In retrospect (moi):

PUTIN AND RUSSIA‼️

Since the Trump dream of Trump Tower Moscow and the Miss Universe pageant's being held there.

And the subsequent "goods" gotten on DJT and prostitutes (the Steele Dossier was accurate).

Not to mention erstwhile KGB Chief PUTIN's total knowledge of TRUMP, EPSTEIN, and Child-Sex-Trafficking.

Two Trump wives were/are Easrern European, the current one's possibly being one of Epstein's import "escorts."

Then there's the Russian 💰💰💰 Eric admitted to getting as the major source of funds for the Trump Organization when US banks stopped lending (The Deutsche Bank /Justice Kennedy Resignation Affair).

The Trump money-laundering projects for Russian Oligarchs (the Fake Trump Tower Kazakhstan, with Ivanka). The "Ballroom." Rumored Russian Oligarchs' suites in Trump Tower NYC.

In summary: PUTIN.

JI7

(93,622 posts)
9. Who profits financially ? Trump only does things if he will gain
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:28 AM
Jan 3

financially from it. Who will benefit financially and would be able to pay him for doing it ?

TBF

(36,678 posts)
11. In the 1980s it was minerals in El Salvador -
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:32 AM
Jan 3

in Venezuela it's got to be the oil - they have larger reserves than Saudi Arabia.

JI7

(93,622 posts)
13. It's about the oil for sure . He has pretty much admitted it with claiming it's his .
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:45 AM
Jan 3

Miami Blue

(374 posts)
12. Little Marco aka Narco Rubio
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:40 AM
Jan 3

He is the one pulling PsychoTraitorTrump’s strings.
Narco Rubio is conceding that the decrepit Alzheimer’s disease sufferer is easy to exploit.



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