The idea that they successfully kidnapped Maduro is so insane that my brain has trouble accepting it. But it really seems like they did. That is so so fucking bad, on so many levels.

Starmer ‘wants to speak to Trump’ after denying UK involvement in Venezuela strikes

“Algo terá que ser feito em relação ao México”, diz Donald Trump após ataque contra a Venezuela.

Possibly relevant! www.politico.com/news/2024/05...

➡️ Donald Trump a expliqué avoir regardé en direct l'opération de capture et d'exfiltration de son homologue vénézuélien. "Je l'ai regardée littéralement comme j'aurais regardé une émission télévisée", a-t-il déclaré, précisant qu'aucun Américain n'avait été tué.

➡️ Les Etats-Unis ne laisseront aucune personnalité du régime vénézuélien de Nicolas Maduro lui succéder, a prévenu Donald Trump. Washington sera "très impliqué" dans l'avenir du Venezuela, a-t-il ajouté, assurant "vouloir la liberté pour le peuple".

On board a ship heading to New York

➡️ Nicolas Maduro et son épouse Cilia Flores "sont à bord d'un navire mais ils se dirigent vers New York", a précisé Donald Trump. Ils sont poursuivis notamment pour "narcoterrorisme", avait précisé plus tôt samedi la ministre américaine de la Justice, Pam Bondi.

🇺🇸 🇻🇪 Le président vénézuélien Nicolas Maduro et son épouse, capturés et exfiltrés par les forces américaines, vont être conduits à New York, où ils ont été inculpés, a annoncé samedi le dirigeant américain Donald Trump dans une interview à Fox News ⤵️

FOX & FRIENDS: What do you say to the people waking up to this news this morning who are concerned that these actions may result in prolonged involvement of US military in Venezuela? TRUMP: I say that what we're doing is saving lives because the drug trafficking is so bad

FOX: Will you throw your support behind María Corina Machado? TRUMP: Well, we're gonna have to look at it. Right now, they have a VP as you know. But the election of Maduro was a disgrace just like my election was a disgrace. 2020 was a disgrace -- a real disgrace -- now 2024 was too big to rig.

Utter insay

French Foreign Ministry: “The removal of Maduro from power and the violation of sovereignty constitute a serious act of aggression against the dignity of the Venezuelan people and their right to determine their own future.

@natashabertrand.bsky.social: #Maduro +his wife Cilia Flores were dragged from their bedroom by US forces during the raid that led to their capture, two sources familiar with the matter said. via @Kevinliptakcnn @StePozzebon 1/

Trump: "They emptied out, if you think about it, they emptied out all of their mental institutions into our country." (Trump doesn't understand the difference between insane asylums and political asylum claims.)

FOX & FRIENDS: Rep. Jim McGovern is saying you did not get authorization from Congress and that you just launched an 'unjustified, illegal strike on Venezuela.' Your reaction? TRUMP: These are weak, stupid people

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia: ‘⚡️ The US committed an act of armed aggression against Venezuela, which gives rise to deep concern+warrants condemnation. The pretexts used to justify these actions are untenable. Russia reaffirms its solidarity with the Venezuelan people.’ t.me/MFARussia/27937

Shameless fuckers have set out on a new colonization project

Not the main thing ofc, but indicting a foreign head of state for conspiring to possess a machine gun is low key hilarious.

Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.

Fox: “What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people?” Trump: “We’re making that decision now. We can’t take a chance on letting somebody else run and just take over where he left off. “We’ll be very much involved, and we want to bring liberty for the people.”

What the fuck is this headline

Trump on Sheinbaum: "The cartels are running Mexico. She's not running Mexico. We could be politically correct & nice and say, 'Oh, yes, she is.' No no. And I've asked her number times, 'Would you like us to take out the cartels?' ... something is gonna have to be done with Mexico."

Next stop on the War Tour: Trump to Fox: “Claudia Sheinbaum is a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico. “She’s not running Mexico — the cartels are running Mexico. “Something’s going to have to be done with Mexico.”

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

Airlines cancel dozens of Caribbean flights after U.S. attacks on Venezuela

Trump's audacious and probably illegal capture of a Venezuelan leader of doubtful legality suggests he believes he has the right to intervene, i.e. grab what he wants, anywhere in the western hemisphere. Europe, already worried by Trump's Greenland rhetoric, has been warned

Moscou exige des «éclaircissements immédiats» sur la situation de Maduro

US forces kidnapping foreign heads of state and their spouses in the middle of the night doesn't seem to be what we'd call "legal".

Emergency cat photo for those very stressed right now.

What longterm message does this send to the rest of planet? Military build up is needed by everyone to protect people and assets of every nation from the united states, who have shown clearly that domestic & international laws no longer matter. There is little difference between Russia & america.

I'm losing track of how many countries a man livid he wasn't given the Nobel Peace Prize has illegally bombed. Iran. Venezuela. Nigeria. Afghanistan. Iraq. Libya. Pakistan. Somalia. Syria. Yemen. Not to mention threatening to annex Greenland and Canada and invade Panama.

"kidnapped" not captured.

If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States

Your implied acceptance of the US attacking Venezuela (regardless of Maduro being a criminal) means you will have to accept the US doing the same thing to Canada, Mexico, and Greenland.

Brazil

You weak ass motherfuckers. You’re not journalists. You’re whores selling clicks. Fuck off with this shit.

Canada needs to take see the invasion of Venezuela for what it is - a deliberate attack on the international rules based order. We have a bandit nation on our border and we need to be ready for whatever comes next. charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...

Russian foreign ministry having a laugh: “Such actions, if they actually took place, constitute an unacceptable violation of the sovereignty of an independent state, respect for which is a key principle of international law."

The Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of military action taken in Venezuela. (CNN)

After this, no one should doubt Trump’s intention to invade Greenland. The EU needs to step up fast.

Good morning from Canada, a country whose border Trump has called an “imaginary” “artificial line” established by an illegitimate treaty. I’d like to be spared your nuanced “Were Trump voter’s racist with fascist inclinations or just low information voters with fascist inclinations?” debate today.

They were told that by elites

International rule of law was supposed to matter. For instance, what now stops China from invading Taiwan? Or how about Ukraine special forces kidnapping Putin? Trump’s actions are *mad king* shit.

"stolen oil"

World domination is a matter of continual illegal unchallenged actions. The world need heros - and fast!

And he will do the same to Canada for our water!!

And some countries already reached out themselves.

“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!” Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves. My latest for Zeteo:

Reuters: ‘RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: EXTREMELY CONCERNED BY REPORTS THAT VENEZUELA'S MADURO AND HIS WIFE WERE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM THE COUNTRY DURING TODAY'S AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES’