Hurray for Venezuela!!

I'm sure you'll get over it....

Trump has no clue as to what comes next & the VP is now running the show, with a militia of 250k and a large standing army, the place is ripe now for civil war, as seen in other SA countries the US has got involved in.

Nigel is that you?

No it doesn't, gets vast majority from Russia, Saudi ...

..and the current regime continues.

Quoting facts is neither ignorant nor privileged.

Resorting to name calling is pretty desperate TBH

I’m so pleased to see the celebrating and so many accounts on IG from jubilant people there.

Thank god the kids go back to school tomorrow! Seems like lots of people don’t have their internet parental controls locked down properly

What Venezuela has experienced is appalling.

But Trump is nobody’s savior , sad to say.

I truly hope that it's not a frying pan v fire scenario.

I think most people would be delighted that a dictator has been removed. Their issue is with the motivation of Trump and the US. We would be very naive to think the natural resources aren't at play.

I think their is something weird going on in Trump's mind about the Nobel. Time will tell.

Wonder what Maria Machado is thinking.

OP what are your thoughts on this?
Are you supporting the VP now?

Please name one toppled regime which is now thriving. We all celebrated the Arab Springs. But those governments were replaced with arguably even worse tyrannical regimes. It is far far too simplistic to assume once the “mean dictator” is deposed prosperity will come about. These geopolitical situations are highly complex. I mean there is an argument that the ME would be far more stable (and therefore no immigrant crisis) had Saddam not been deposed. I’m not supporting these wretched dictators but just pointing out some of the overly simplistic thinking.

Starmer was elected, do you not believe in democracy?

Have you any idea how utterly ignorant you sound? If you are not a bot I am embarrassed for you

I think we have got to breaking point. We need help. Yes they were elected, under false pretence and blatant lies.

Trump has taken the President, thats it, the VP is now running the show, no US troops there, no US aid.... no nothing.

He will not risk US soldiers coming back in body bags.

So i'm at a loss what the OP is celebrating....

So you think the democratically elected Govt should be removed by a foreign power who would then change the society you live in?

To take down Starmer? In a heartbeat. As it stands, the NHS is useless right now anyway considering nobody can get to see a doctor unless they're dying, and even then I wouldn't bank on it

Perhaps China or Russia could help the former inhabitants of Diego Garcia who were evicted by the UK/US Govts.

Unfortunately, there is no evidence that the lives of civilians in a country invaded by the U.S. to remove a despot/regime ever improve. It’s normally just eventually replaced with something worse once troops pull out. There are so many examples of this and literally none of it going well for the people long-term.

Sorry, I agree with this. Are you in Venezuela OP? Or are you based in the UK now?

All men are equal but some are more equal than others.

So you want American troops on UK soil acting independently of the UK Govt? If Putin offered you Russian troops would you agree? Trump would bin the NHS off overnight

If Putin or China stepped in instead would you have been so enthusiastic. No such thing as a free lunch and Trump is going to want paying. He pardons one drug running ex President and forcibly removes a citizen from his own country.

Yes I’d say that that is fairly obviously what will happen.
That doesn’t mean Maduro wasn’t truly awful. But he’s not been replaced by someone who has done this because of concern for the welfare of the citizens, and therefore that welfare won’t be top of mind. Might well still be better for them of course, but Trump saying that the US will run it “for now” and that Machado “doesn’t have the support or respect” is extremely worrying. Who is he to decide who they support. He should now be working hard with the Venezuelans to ensure elections can be held and the results followed.

And leaving aside the specifics of Venezuela, the fact a US president can use military power, without even speaking to congress, to remove a leader and declare the US is now in charge of that country is not a good thing for the wider world.