Trump "could have tried to persuade Congress or the public to give him permission to use force. He didn’t bother. He chose war despite polls that found a large majority of Americans opposed it." From Conor Friedersdorf www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Republican leaders were briefed. Democratic leaders were not. This is the Trump approach.

It’s darkly humorous he can’t even muster the ability to give some lip service to democracy or allowing the Venezuelan people to choose their leader.

Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.

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Hours after the U.S. invaded Venezuela to seize President Nicolás Maduro, President Trump sent a warning to the governments of Mexico, Cuba and Colombia that their countries could be next. www.axios.com/2026/01/03/t...

A desperate dying man with unlimited power unrestrained thanks to an extremist party will gladly burn the world before he exits.

So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation. This is madness.

Trump has now given China and Russia justification to invade Taiwan and #Ukraine. #America loses again. @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Same here

Shocking no one. An oil tanker, bound for Venezuela, chased halfway around the globe, while Russia tells the US to back off.

Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world. This is not a problem just for Venezuela.

The Republican congress has allocated a staggering sum of money to bring together the most degraded men our society has produced, with the goal of turning the US into a police state.

New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows. A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j

If we can capture another country's president, can another country come and capture ours? Asking for a friend.

Zohran Mamdani's best ad yet.

Are we watching an AI revolution, or a slow-motion economic disaster? https://youtu.be/0wxBHxpMFXA?si=SPx1PI-Np8otRi5S

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

Trump says we need to go after drug cartels. Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on. And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking. Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy. It's a power grab.

I encourage you to visit www.trumpkennedycenter.org if you want to see good satire in action.

Donald Trump cannot be trusted to lead America into war. He is unaccountable to America. He is lawless. He only seeks conflict to cover up for his failures. Congress must step up and reassert its power. No more forever wars.

It’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation

HOLY CRAP! Trump is literally falling in and out of consciousness as his Military commander speaks about kidnapping Maduro and taking over Venezuela. What a sh-tshow!

“This is about plunder and power.”

Trump says Venezuela's oil wealth "goes also to the United States of America in the form of reimbursement for the damages caused us by that country"

The US only wants the oil. WE all know this. They do not care about drugs or Trump would not be pardoning drug dealers. One big SCAM.

I have a feeling Trump will tell Canada "Take my offer or you will all die." Yes I think it is coming.

Honestly, if I were a Canadian lawmaker, I'd be demanding a huge military build up on the southern border. If Trump can snatch Maduro, then say the US is gonna "run" his country, he can do that for any leader of any country. He's ALREADY making the same noise about Mexico. Why not Canada, too?

The CPC and Pierre Poilievre would give Canada to Trump and a Golden Platter.

Greenland will be next. Then Canada will be surrounded. Be prepared guys.

The hosts on CBC are worried. They said Mexico should be MORE worried than Canada. That is some COLD comfort isn't it.

Here are the cities that Trump will hit. Toronto. Ottawa and Montreal. He knows Alberta will bend over and give it all away. I guess I will be safe even though my wife children and I will be put in cages.

Now no one is laughing at me now when I said we need a NUKE. Get you cross bows ,guns, ammo and fuel. This is NOT a drill guys. I told you 2026 was going to be the worst. China just lost a ton of oil.

So Trump will take Mexico and then Greenland and then his crown jewel Canada. Bet on it. We are in great danger kids.

I feel Canada could be the next Ukraine very, very, soon.

He is starting WW3. Current Report @Currentreport1 · 3h JUST IN: Trump says Claudia Sheinbaum is a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico. She's not running Mexico. Something's going to have to be done with Mexico.

Columbia has now sent armed forces to it's borders. Canada you better do the same.

Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real · 32m In his own words Quote Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg · 1h It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.

The US only removes Dictators who have OIL. KIM JUNG has the NK people starving. Trump likes him though. NO OIL.

Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan · 7m Like I was saying: All the MAGA North bros in Alberta are going to have a rude awakening when Venezuelan heavy oil floods the market, fills Gulf Coast refineries and drives prices down for Western Canadian Select (WCS/Alberta oil sands crude). Be careful what you wish

Trump on the US running Venezuela: It will not cost us anything because the money coming out of the ground is substantial. We’re going to take back the oil.

⚠️We’re seeing coordinated posts calling for Trump to “save” or intervene in 🇨🇦. This rhetoric is dangerous & originates from 🇷🇺. #Canada🇨🇦 is a sovereign democracy. Calls for invasion or “rescue” only serve foreign influence & division. Conflict between 🇨🇦🇺🇸 would destroy us both. #USPolitics #cndpoli

I award myself king of Venezuela.

So the the FIFA Peace Prize truly was meaningless after all?

Europe and Canada need to move carefully to avoid creating further dangers, but they need to decouple from the US in areas like defence planning, intelligence sharing, and defence procurement.

wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader