Good luck to Maduro and the Venezuelan people

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    There’s several reasons. Trump wants a war with Venezuela so he can use the Enemy Aliens Act to round up all migrants into camps, and he chose Venezuela specifically because they’re the second largest oil producer in South America and have the largest oil reserves in the world. Those factors, in addition to wanting to be a popular wartime president, are what’s driving this.

    Now, with all of this in mind, do you think it would be a good thing if Trump removed Maduro from power?

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      Now, with all of this in mind, do you think it would be a good thing if Trump removed Maduro from power?

      No, no good can come of it. Only if the Venezuelan people overthrew him would I consider supporting it. That Trump is considering military action against Venezuela is an outrage and if he goes thru with it, I genuinely hope other nations enact sanctions and travel bans against US political leadership.

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        He’s arming his own people to defend against US aggression, 8 million volunteers being the most recent estimate I’ve seen, which is somewhat more than a full quarter of the entire population.

        That doesn’t sound like a people that want their government overthrown.

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        The Venezuelan people elected him, dummy. Would you have preferred a US puppet like Guaidó or González? The only people who want him overthrown are temporarily embarrassed compradors.