War (crimes) and Peace (prizes) - Trump Thread #151

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Don Snoreleone trying to stay awake long enough to bring all his racist dreams to fruition. So when can we bring about his personal "civilisational erasure”?

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5436537-cobwebs-in-congress-bigly-ballrooms-tariff-tantrums-dementia-denials-trump-thread-150

Softening us up before the real thing happens.

It probably feels pretty real to the Venezuelans, especially those related to the dead.

@walllaw , what's happened to your username?

Did you get an extra letter for the New Year?

Hah. (whispering) Got booted off a while ago for telling 'Brexit Barbie' she should try actually reading something with information, so made a new account.

Oops. Happens to the best of us...

😂

That's why I love this thread. We may not always agree all the time, but it's rarely hampered by stupidity.

He's so lovely

Trump threatens Venezuela's interim leader

Donald Trump on Sunday threatened Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, that if she did not comply with demands from the US that she could pay a “bigger price” than the captured president Nicolás Maduro.

She is a woman

Who is he planning to put in place instead?

Agree about her being a woman

He didn't say who he'd replace her with - it's a good question tho' isn't it

Someone who totally agrees with his policies. Must be really annoying he can't arrange things in the manner his hero/mentor/role model Russian counterpart is able to.

I cannot possibly comment on returning posters !

Massive demonstrations in Venezuela calling for release of Maduro and wife. The point being made that there is a difference between attitudes of local and overseas Venezuelans.
Repercussions threatened against Delcy Rodriguez who importantly has the support of the army.
Colombia on the edge and preparing for effects on their country.
Taiwan worried that the seizure of VZ means a green light for China to do something similar.
Puerta Rico seeing increased military forces as the US seeks to put a 'stranglehold on the region' (Aljazeera).

My take - Venezuela is awash with guns and anything can happen.

Nice cup of all round? I think we may need it for the coming year.

I hope that's mulled wine

I'm having a port right now.🍷
I might need to have one every day in 2026.

That sounds good. I think Dry January might need a rethink this year

Michael Wolff thinks Trump came up with running Venezuela as he was speaking- and that Rubio etc looked horrified as he said it. Batshit crazy is about right …

He does keep saying the quiet part out loud.

I just watched Marco Rubio dodging the question of why only Maduro had been taken and not Caballo ($25m bounty) or Lopez ($15m) too. He wasn't willing to answer any questions on what happens next, either. Just insisted that it was a great success, most powerful military force in the world, no US casualties, blah, blah, blah, and we should focus on that.

Goodnight all. I hope to wake tomorrow to find today has been a hideous nightmare and Pigly has been safely gathered in and heavily medicated.

Your MP will respond first to those in their constituency who have problems regarding rent, poor social housing conditions, increasingly land rent charges on new builds, help with domestic violence, mental health support and services and malpractice with local trades and professionals.

I'm sure Trump's attempt at world domination is the last thing on their mind.

Bless. The Russian defence agency in November on the air cover protecting Maduro

https://nitter.net/mog_russEN/status/1986456516699078973#m

Well he's succeeded in keeping Epstein off the front page.

Plenty of other countries on the list to keep him busy until June when all the celebrations kick off.

Greenland - around April, do we think?

On Air Force One, Mr. Trump also reiterated his desire to take control of Greenland, the semiautonomous Danish territory that he has said the United States must acquire for security purposes.
“We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security,” he said, describing the region as “covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place.” (NYT)

We laughed when in his first term he talked about Greenland... but now? Will Europe/Russia stand back and just wave him in?

I'm looking at Sky News now and he's threatening Dalcy if she doesn't comply, Colombia's president and Mexico. 2026 might be a bit expensive for the US.

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Talk about a moving story!!!!