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America Moves Closer To Venezuela War With Naval Blockade
Nicolas Maduro gets more dangerous by the day.
Where once stood an international laughingstock -- a
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Trump is deranged.
Unfortunately, too many innocent and (mostly) uneducated citizens of the US still incorrectly assume that even if their leaders aren’t perfect; that their leaders are primarily motivated by and are acting for the good on behalf of all Americans, collectively.
The aftermath of his presidency will have lasting negative consequences on the people of the US.
I am not a psychologist, but the situation in the US today seems very similar to a dysfunctional family where innocent children get damaged by psychopathic parents. Even if children eventually see their parents for who they are and are able to break free from parents who didn’t prioritize, protect and treat their kids the way parents are supposed to, those children have ongoing problems, even into adulthood.
What a mess.
When the dust settles on this chapter of American history, and it will, it will take decades to clean up this administrations actions. In this case, all I can say to all the MAGA mommies with enlisted children is this, I really hope you don’t have the day you voted for.
On the bright side, Trump’s obsession with Venezuela might briefly distract him from doing anything too stupid in other regions.
Vietnam?
“Nicolas Maduro gets more dangerous by the day.
“Where once stood an international laughingstock — a cartoonish tinpot dictator lacking even a semblance of legitimacy a dozen years on from a closely-contested election in which a hesitant–”
I have to admit, as I first read these lines, I thought it as going to be a set-up for a joke. You were going to hit us with the twist that you were actually talking about Trump.
Maduro always reminds me of Danny DeVito. Specifically, DeVito’s character from “Hoffa.” (I highly recommend the movie incidentally. Jack Nicholson is at the absolute top of his game, and the screenplay is by David Mammet. DeVito directed, which is probably the only way he gets cast in a dramatic role, but he absolutely nails it). DeVito’s plays Bobby, Hoffa’s (fictitious) right-hand man. They meet early in Hoffa’s career as he’s just starting to organize the Teamsters Union. Bobby was a truck driver, and Hoffa hitched a ride.
The thing is, Bobby doesn’t get the job as Hoffa’s assistant because of his intelligence, his leadership skills, or his organizing ability. He gets the job thanks to a combination of total loyalty and utter ruthlessness. At the end of the day though, he’s still just a truck driver. Just like Nicolas Maduro. Maduro somehow outlived his own personal Hoffa though, and now he has to deal with the world’s most ruthless Mafia personally.
I don’t like his chances.