Trump Elected: The True MAGA Era Begins, Now What?

[axj]

I didn't say it wasn't about drugs. Two things can be true at the same time.

You said it is about drugs:

Hyperbolic nonsense at this point. Trump wants to get the flow of drugs into the US under control. Americans don't want fentanyl coming in. He's giving Americans what they want. If the Venezuelan authorities won't do anything about the drug cartels using their country to do that, is it any surprise Trump is threatening them? And how is that a bad thing?

Again, if Trump was serious about stopping maritime drug trafficking he would not focus on Venezuela, which is not a major transit country for drugs. So it does not seem to be about drugs at all, other than Trump trying to present it as such at home.

Furthermore, fentanyl does not seem to come through or from Venezuela at all. That is mostly coming from China and India (precursors) and through Mexico.

 

[SummerLite]

What you're missing is the political angle. Trump wants to pressure Maduro into "playing ball" with the US economically.

There may be much more to what Maduro is involved in then the public has heard so far. We all have our opinions on things but the truth of the matter is we aren't clued in to the facts in many aspects of events leading to assumptions and bias interpretations. If we're lucky more of the facts and truth will be exposed with time. I write this as a comment on the general topic of Venezuela here and not specifically about what Beau has said who has been giving insightful comments.

 

[msasa79]

So it does not seem to be about drugs at all, other than Trump trying to present it as such at home.

One rather clear indication that this is in fact so, is that the boat or ship allegedly carrying drugs was blown to pieces, as far as I know, eliminating the possibility to actually check for and see those supposed drugs. So everybody and their dogs were left to just believe the words and explanations given to them on a face value. Such MO strikingly reminds me on some other desert country, as Adam on NewsReal described it, which more or less pulls the strings of the US governments and foreign policies for quite some time now.

 

[mantle]

In this whirlwind of psy ops what cannot be disguised Amerika that used to be called the Land of the Free , is today Jury , Judge , Prosecutor and Executioner. No need to leave any proof behind . Just blow the boat to smithereens.
Since when is war a problem ? Only unprofitable wars are.
Now that its interference with strings attached has met a strong response around the globe , it chooses to believe that Venezuela that has plenty of oil , emeralds ,gold and rare earths will be a walk about. If carried out
Another huge mistake is on its horizon but
That is where frustration and habit leads.
Amerika's boot on the South American face : Mejico , Haiti , Granada , Chile , Nicaragua , Cuba , El Salvador, Panama , Guatemala , La Republica Dominicana . Amerika loves war.