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Judi Lynn

(160,525 posts)
Tue Feb 19, 2019, 11:02 PM Feb 2019

Here's the real and terrifying reason Trump is pushing for a coup in Venezuela

Here’s the real and terrifying reason Trump is pushing for a coup in Venezuela
Michael Fox, Independent Media Institute MICHAEL FOX, INDEPENDENT MEDIA INSTITUTE - COMMENTARY
19 FEB 2019 AT 21:07 ET

On Monday, President Donald Trump met with the Venezuelan community in Miami, Florida. His speech represented more than just disdain for the country’s president Nicolas Maduro; it was a sign of what may really be behind his increasing rhetoric against Venezuela: Reelection. 2020.

Florida will be a key swing state in next year’s elections. Trump’s overtures to both the Venezuelan and Cuban-American communities were clear.

“The days of socialism and communism are numbered, not only in Venezuela but in Nicaragua and in Cuba as well,” Trump told the crowd.

But Trump’s push on Venezuela is not just about winning over key votes in Florida. It’s about sidelining progressives, distracting from domestic policies, and driving the U.S. into a war that could easily lift him into a second term.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/heres-real-terrifying-reason-trump-pushing-coup-venezuela/?utm_source=push_notifications

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Here's the real and terrifying reason Trump is pushing for a coup in Venezuela (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2019 OP
I somehow highly doubt the "RawStory" author has ever been to Venezuela GatoGordo Feb 2019 #1
 

GatoGordo

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1. I somehow highly doubt the "RawStory" author has ever been to Venezuela
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 09:08 AM
Feb 2019

Let alone Latin America.

But his hatred of all things Trump won't prevent him from making up fanciful theories about vast conspiracies against the noble cause of Revolution!

People are starving to death in Venezuela. The most resource blessed, richest country in Latin America, and the Marxist purists don't care. They care about the Revolution. That is the terrifying reality.

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