According to initial reports, no KIA. Hopefully, Trump froze Hegseth out again as he did for the Irani operation. Another interesting thing of note is that Maduro was apprehended exactly 36 years after we apprehended Noriega.
I’m looking forward to the after action report. I know Delta got Maduro, but I’d also be interested to see if any conventional units will be deployed. I highly doubt all of the loyalists will give up fighting right away. We shall see.
My concerns: installing a “puppet” government…will it work and be effective? Will the general population buy in? Was the operation more about oil than toppling a dictator of a failed state? I highly doubt Trump cares about the people of Venezuela. The next few weeks, months, and possibly years will be interesting to say the least.
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Corina-Machado and Gonzalez Reinstalling either offers the potential for a quicker transition back ti self governance.
Your distrusting shots at Trump’s aside (I do think he cares about the Venezuelans being massacred and oppressed), this was an excellent move on multiple fronts .
Many on both sides of the aisle have wished for policy addressing the real central/S American issues spurring our border problems.
Trump just did just that.
We have removed an enemy dictator/ terrorist/ drug lord, and can now replace him with an important ally. And we have pushed the Chicoms (and Russians) out which is very important as well.
Say what you will about Trump, he gets things done - things the Dems said were impossible (how is that Iranian threat these days?).
Trump talked about her. Said that María Corina Machado doesn’t have the “support or respect” to run Venezuela.
No idea why he said that, or where he gets that idea. Except that she’s a woman.
And because he seems to really envision us running the country.
parlance.
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President. Maybe that was just Trump misspeaking as usual? From what’s being reported, Maduro’s VP was sworn in.
Link: https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/venezuelas-vp-delcy-rodriguez-in-russia-sources-say/amp/
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Link: https://www.foxnews.com/world/maria-corina-machado-emerges-top-potential-successor-after-maduros-fall
What’s happening right now. Time will tell if Corina Machado takes power, but it isn’t happening now.
I am quite confident that Don doesn’t want to annex Venezuela.
I am also sure that he will not put any communist/liberals in place after removing one.
Give Trump his due and wait 48 hours so that the truth has a chance to get out….
…I am travelling and did not listen to Trump, but I have learned not to trust the MSM who want to undermine any Trump success.
Did you listen to him yourself - whole speech?
press conference because your claims are in direct contradiction to what Trump said. And I gave kudos to an amazingly planned and orchestrated military operation.
Oh, and Trump did day that “we will run Venezuela.” I guess he meant we will “kind of” run Venezuela, huh? Trump also mentioned our oil companies will start drilling and their goal is to pay for the venture with Venezuelan oil.
Inform yourself.
It was a great decision by Trump. It was professionally executed by special ops.
But the greatest difficulty in this worthy endeavor is dealing with the anti American Left and their spin machine.
Trump has to do that on his own.
You can really tell that China is pissed by how angry the Dem and MSM response has been.
Just stop until you watch the press conference.
TDS’ers continuously choose to misinterpret Trump’s rambling talking style in the most negative light possible.
He clearly says we will run it until a safe, professional, and judicious transfer of power can be accomplished.
But he keeps talking and saying that “we will run it”….he obviously means it the same way as he just said…ie “we will run it temporarily”. He doesn’t repeat the second part each time….because he is referring to the issue of who will run it temporarily to avoid a dangerous power vacuum, and because he is assuming that you the listener do not have dementia and recall ground already covered.
But the MSM runs their chiron with “We will run it”…..and the Delta Bravo Brigade take their orders and march.
Maduro is an ally of Putin. His VP even fled to Russia. Look at you.
At least you got one thing right…”ramblings” from an old, unhealthy loon.
And Maduro’s current VP is in Venezuela and she got sworn in as president.
Regarding “running” Venezuela, Trump said it and it doesn’t matter the length of time…he said it. He also said he’s taking the oil. What’s your spin on that? Try to use facts instead of “Baronisms.”
The seized oil from previous tanker interdiction to prevent it going to ME terrorist organizations? Trump slready said that is ours now. Your problem, not mine if you disagree on that.
The country’s oil fields? He is referring to using the sale of that oil to rebuild the country and updates its production capacity.
I read enough of his comments from nonTDS sites to learn that fairly quickly.
I know you’d rather use we tax payers hard earned money for that because your a liberal (yeah, you are - you walk like a duck and talk like a duck - you’re a duck).
But I like Trump’s plan to pay for it better because it helps everyone - except drug cartels, Maduro the narcoterrorist, China, and the Democrat Party.
however, let’s not pretend that this operation was anything but a seize of oil wealth.
My worries pertain to the potential loss of troops because in order to “run” Venezuela, we’d have to have boots on the ground for a long period. If you have military tactic questions, I’m happy to answer them.
And for the record, I’m fully aware of what “parse” means. You on the other hand are an uninformed rube who assumed shit that was untrue.
It’s about dictatorship and communist oppression with mass murder not being allowed more foothold in the American continents.
And it is about a power play to push communist China out of the Americas
- one country at a time -first Panama, now Venezuela - as fast asTrump can manage it before another Democrat gets to power.
(China owns your communist-loving party in case you haven’t figured it out yet (see COVID, see Mandami NYC, see money trail to Bidens and many others, see AOC, see The Squad, Bernie, etc).
His main objective was to seize oil revenue. He used drugs and the bullshit you mentioned as a shield for his true reason. Stop kidding yourself…if that’s possible.
Also, if you’re going to use the word “your” please use it correctly. I hate to be the grammar police, but you habitually use “your” instead of “you’re.” Thank you in advance and you’re welcome!
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you. God rest his soul.
But…now what? Does anyone believe that the Venezuelan military is just going to start cooperating now? And they’ll let US oil companies come in and take over Venezuela’s oil fields?
He also essentially ruled out the opposition taking over. Which was just one of the many amazing statements from that press conference.
Trump said that the opposition leader doesn’t have the popularity or support to take power. My issue with that is, who’s to say that Maduro’s VP wasn’t complicit in illegalities too?
Regarding the Venezuelan military…I expect some loyalists to fight and fight hard, just like the dignity battalions that fought hard in Panama.
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