In his Tuesday post, Trump referred to President Nicolás Maduro’s government as a “Hostile Regime” and accused it of using oil to “finance themselves” and commit crimes. The Maduro government, in a statement, said Trump’s actions were “grotesque” and “warmongering threats.”
“On his social media, he assumes that Venezuela’s oil, land, and mineral wealth are his property,” the statement said. “Consequently, he demands that Venezuela immediately hand over all its riches. The President of the United States intends to impose, in an utterly irrational manner, a supposed naval blockade on Venezuela with the aim of stealing the wealth that belongs to our nation.”
US lawmakers also expressed outrage.
“A naval blockade is unquestionably an act of war,” Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) said on X following Trump’s post. “A war,” he added, “that the Congress never authorized and the American people do not want.” Castro is a part of a bipartisan group of congressmembers putting forth a resolution to be voted on Thursday in the House, directing the president to end “hostilities” with Venezuela.
You really even need to ask “experts” for this?
It is like every other news title right now.
“Trump says it is his constitutional right to name himself king of the world and that all of his subjects must now blow him–but some experts disagree.”
Plausible deniability.
No. Some of us know right from wrong
The fact that Donald Trump is saying that Venezuela’s oil belongs to them sounds like something from a bad political drama.
In a sensible world, a country that regularly goes to war to get more oil wouldn’t be sabotaging every attempt to reduce its oil consumption. If the stuff’s that hard to get, stop wasting it, and then maybe you won’t need to go to war so often.
I think it makes more sense if you view the country as an addict.
they don’t want to maximise oil preservation. they are maximising corporate profit.
Anything to distract from the Epstein files.
Americans are so stupid and immoral they need experts to tell them killing and stealing is illegal.
Not all of us. Some of us are telling the fuckers to stop
Naval blockades sound like a belly- button problem.
the US needs a naval blockade and severe sanctions.
Naval blockages
You don’t need to be an expert to know oil in Venezuela belongs to Venezuela.
We need an expert to find out how our oil got under their soil.
Legal experts say question of legality of theft is unclear.
