Trump Shot Himself In The Gut, Not Just The Foot – Video From 2023 Comes Back

This part is just pure fun. A specific person with dementia forgot what he said at the Republican convention in 2023. (A pity it went downhill from this.) Now, with amusement and head-shaking, all becomes clear on Venezuela. Back then, he said something that showed exactly what we were thinking today. It’s a lot simpler than what he is implying about “running” that country. With appreciation to Raw Story:

Before the 2024 election, Donald Trump made comments about Venezuela that are now being resurfaced after the president announced a successful mission to “capture” the nation’s leader and his wife. Ret. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling is among those who have been critical of the Trump administration’s decisions surrounding Venezuela.

Trump declared he plans to have the U.S. take control over the country, as opposed to letting the nation’s constitution do its job, and didn’t rule out having U.S. boots on the ground. Trump’s reasoning for the mission has publicly been connected to drug trafficking allegations, but a video being shared from a GOP convention in North Carolina shows Trump previously had other motives on mind.

You’ll want to read Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling’s link. It’s a story from yesterday that also needs to be discussed and go viral. It’s unnerving, much more so than this column. Trump wants that oil, and he’s willing to take over the *country* to do it. Apparently, he’s been thinking about this for more than a year. (Denis’s piece shows it’s not going to be that easy to get that oil.)_He decided to break US and International laws to do it. It’s bad enough he’s turned our country into a mess, but a second one? Oy.

“How about we’re buying oil from Venezuela? When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse,” Trump said in 2023 at the North Carolina Republican Convention. “We would have taken it over. We would have gotten all that oil. It would have been right next door. But now, we’re buying oil from Venezuela. So, we’re making a dictator very rich. Can you believe this? Nobody can believe it.”

A popular influencer known as Not The Torygraph posted the video, and wrote that, “Trump’s admitting that it’s all about capturing Venezuelan oil.” //// A “radical centrist” known as Maine actually flagged the pre-election comments in October, when there was a buildup of naval units.

Doesn’t that last line look familiar? He’s taking a playbook from Putin’s actions. What Putin did to Ukraine is very similar to what Trump is doing with Venezuela. Surely other people have noticed this. We can hope the information spreads. But if I noticed it, a lot more people with a broader following or good relations with the news have figured it out. We just haven’t seen it yet. We should kick ourselves in the arses for not noticing this sooner.

“REMINDER: During the 2024 campaign, Trump told audience in North Carolina that he wants Venezuela to collapse so he can take all of the oil. Now: Trump amassing naval assets and 10,000 troops in Caribbean and recently admitted CIA has been operating on ground in Venezuela.”

Matthew Capon, formerly a senior video journalist at the Daily Mirror, also flagged the 2023 video this weekend. “Donald Trump speaking at the North Carolina Republican State Convention 10th June 2023 remarks on Venezuela,” he wrote, quoting Trump as saying, “We would have taken it over, we would have gotten all that oil, it would have been right next door…“

WHAM. There it is in black and white. Trump wants the oil. Trump wants to get it before anyone else does. And he’s willing to do everything and anything to get it. It’s almost just like what he is doing here, trying to pound us down, declare martial law, and become a dictator. Now he’s going to “run” Venezuela and be a dictator there (maybe send JD Vance? Ha. Oh, wait, another article mentioned Marco Rubio. Hmmmm.) so he’ll have two countries to rule. Famous last words: So, we’re making a dictator very rich. Sound familiar?

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