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by ribosometronome 10mo ago
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-vows-us-in-charge-venezuela-he-reveals-hes-spoken-delcy-rodriguez https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-vows-us-in-charge-ven...
>"Don’t ask me who’s in charge because I’ll give you an answer, and it’ll be very controversial," Trump told a reporter.
>He was then asked to clarify, to which Trump replied, "It means we’re in charge."
Whether or not he's right, the US President's words seem to reveal an intent for the actions to result in the US being in control of Venezuela.
- notahacker 10mo agoOr it means Trump saying what Trump always says, whilst also being extremely clear that he's negotiating with Venezuela's VP, who is busy asserting equally implausibly that Maduro is the country's only president to her own audience of people that believe whatever the government says.
- wat10000 10mo agoAnd yet they're directly contrary to what actually happened. We're not actually in charge and haven't made any visible attempt to take charge. It might happen, if Trump doesn't get distracted by a shiny object first, but it hasn't yet.
- anon84873628 10mo agoWhat Trump means is that he has kicked the Venezuela government in the balls in order to coerce them. Trump is a mob boss. He considers himself "in charge" of them now because he has clearly dominated them, expects them to comply with his future demands, and will continue to use force against them in the future if they don't do what he wants.