What’s the main goal of the U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean, and who in the Trump administration is behind it? Anatoly Kurmanaev, a New York Times reporter who covered Venezuela, discusses what we know and don’t know with Katrin Bennhold.
Video by Katrin Bennhold, Anatoly Kurmanaev, Leila Medina, Christina Thornell, Jon Hazell and Stephanie Swart/The New York Times #Caribbean #Venezuela #trump
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Open your eyes up ffs
Maduro is being indicted, but trump is a CONVICTED felon, crim. It's a CRIMZ world 🎶
Dispatched, just one controls the oil.That's all, it's just been going on since fourteen ninety two.They did it when they came in the plymouth.Rock and mayflower stole the land made it their own then.Called the legals that were there?They called them illegals.We know who the illegals are the story.Just goes in a cycle in a cycle.And there's nothing nobody can do
Someone hasn’t been paying attention! There’s plenty of evidence that they are nothing more than drug smugglers on those boats but of course these fools don’t want to hear it as it doesn’t fit their narrative! 🤷🏽♀️They aren’t just destroying random boats, what kind of fishing were they doing? 500 mph fish? wtf?😆
US under trump is full of lies
Stupid people, are going to put blood on their hands. Just don’t eat the drugs and alcohol and the drug import will stop. You don’t need to put innocent blood on your hands, have mercy on yourself for there is a God who sees and will judge you when you breath your last breaths.
Why are these called strikes? The US is bombing foreign country citizens. These are acts of war.
Venezuela is one of the richest countries of natural resources & rare Earth minerals. They are currently allies with China & Russia. Of course the US wants to invade and take over the country. This isn’t about “fighting the cartel”.
If you don’t like what the US is doing, stop us or quit crying, babies.
Satanyahoo wanted for war crimes,you don't see us going after him ,they except him .hmmmmn do the math people!!
Trump💯
Protecting our borders 🇺🇸
Johannesburg, South Africa here🇿🇦
Ohh yes, the USA just doing what the USA does since the beginning of time. Saddam Hussain had "weapons of mass destruction". My South Africa was "killing whites and confiscating their land". Venezuela is "trafficking drugs". Nigeria is "killing christians".
Somebody must have died and made America international police, prosecutor, judge and executioner.
Question. If Venezuela is not a serious drug dealer, then how is sinking drug boats going to harm the Venezuela government?
I mean if Venezuela government isn't depending on drugs cartels, then why would they care enough to fight for the drug cartels?
You don't try to start a war by attacking something the other side doesn't care about..
Even if they were coming from Venezuela (they aren’t) They’ll never stop drugs anyways lol.
Trump is a Zionist Grifter
Ok, let's say it's not drugs and what's there in those boats, just passengers 😂
There is more to Trump's vendetta against Venezuela. It has to do with the failed coup, Operation Gideon. His actions, and like always he denied involvement, yet the mercenaries were from the US. He tried to interfere with their elections, in order to take their Oil. Afterwards he granted 400,000+ unvetted Venezuelans, Asylum during Covid. Then tried to keep them here just as Biden was to be inaugurated. This was buried, by J6.
Those boats may have been stuffed to the gills with the devil’s own powder and a million sinful objects besides, but without EVIDENCE of ANYTHING they were simply extrajudicial MURDERS.
And to think, I used to complain about Obama drone bombing a few known Al Qaida members without trial or informing Congress! Your current, “End all wars,” “presidente,” is starting his own war, just because he doesn’t want a democratically elected, “liberal,” running Venezuela!? It’s the 60’s and 70’s all over again! America is regressing while the rest of the world is trying to move forward.
*"Venezuela — It's Like Vietnam on Steroids, Folks!"*
Look, folks, I’ve seen a lot of disasters. A LOT of disasters. Nobody knows disasters better than me — believe me. But what we’re trying to do with Venezuela? Total disaster. Venezuela is Vietnam on steroids. Super Vietnam. The kind of war only a stupid or crazy person — Hegseth or maybe Miller — would want. And they probably don’t even know where Venezuela IS. Sad!
They’re saying — and I’ve heard this, very credible people, the best people — they’re saying we should bomb *fishing boats**. Can you believe it? Fishing boats! Beautiful little boats with nets, not nukes, okay? And the idea is what? We bomb their boats, they shoot back, we say *“Oh look! They attacked us!” — and then we send in the troops.
Let me tell you something: that’s not stable genius. That’s STUPID. That’s *Iraq-level* stupid. That’s *Bush-era* stupid. And I know stupid, I’ve hired some of the best stupid people — but even they wouldn’t do this.
We’re going to invade Venezuela? What are we going to do — take their oil? Oh wait, that might actually be the only smart part, but still — not worth it! You want to fight for oil? Drill in Alaska! It’s colder, but the people speak English and they don’t throw spears at you from jungle huts. Much better deal.
Plus, have you seen the jungle in Venezuela? It’s like Jumanji meets *Apocalypse Now*. You send our guys in, they won’t come back. Mosquitoes the size of drones. Guerrillas with flip-flops and rocket launchers. Not good! TERRIBLE!
And let me tell you something else: this isn’t how you start a war. You don’t poke a bear with a fishing rod. You don’t drop bombs on boats and hope someone gets mad enough to shoot back. That’s not strategy — that’s how you start bar fights in South Jersey.
So here’s what I say: *Don’t do it*. Don’t bomb the boats. Don’t start a war. We don’t need another Vietnam. We don't need short flights from Thailandad to Caracas. Thialandadians don’t know how to duck rockets. We don’t need a jungle war with socialist fishermen. We need to **Make America Great Again**, not **Make Venezuela Angry Again**.
Thank you. You’re welcome. God Bless the troops. God Bless the tuna. And God Bless America — the only country that bombs boats and then acts surprised when someone gets mad.
Why nobody’s asking the real and necessary question which is…Does Trump is attacking those fishing boats to set the stage for a possible future invasion or is he trying to invade Venezuela to get Venezuela’s oil which under the regimen of Maduro has been almost impossible to get?
Rubio says : Maduro is indicted in the US . . .
But Trump is a convicted felon in his country, by his country men/women n its system – How much more lopsided can you his get specially when the US is orchestrating a fabricated story in order to get at the Oil.
Similar to Gulf War II • What the UK/US did in Iran • Horrible, just a horrible govt this US is.
How old is Rubio? I'm pretty sure he wasn't even born at the time of the Cuban Revolution! Even his parents must've been young at the time. Why the drama?!
Trump oil is trapped under Vene
But isn't Maduro a bad guy? Why else would so many Venezuelans be leaving and seeking asylum in the US?
No proof what's so ever that get are drug boats! Dmfp is simply enjoying feeling Like a autocrat wanna-be Putin puppet! Too bad the commie-red cap cultists still haven't caught on!
It's like the psychotic paranoid clown is testing to see how far he can go with bombing things to know if he can do what he has been wanting to all along; dropping "the bomb" on something,! Hurricanes, countries with populations of mostly people of color, … Psychic Putin puppet! Come on obituary announcement!!!