Donald Trump: ‘I doubt’ US going to war with Venezuela, but Maduro’s days numbered

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5585967-trump-maduro-days-numbered/

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  1. > President Trump said in a new interview he did not think the United States was going to war against Venezuela amid rising tensions between the two countries, though he suggested Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s days were numbered.

    > Trump was asked in an interview with “60 Minutes” broadcast Sunday about the recent administration actions such as striking alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and repositioning an aircraft carrier into the area.

    > “Are we going to war against Venezuela?” anchor Norah O’Donnell asked.

    > “I doubt it. I don’t think so. But they’ve been treating us very badly, not only on drugs — they’ve dumped hundreds of thousands of people into our country that we didn’t want, people from prisons — they emptied their prisons into our country,” Trump said.

    > Asked if his actions toward Venezuela were about stopping drugs or getting rid of Maduro, Trump said it was about “many things.” Asked if Maduro’s days as president are numbered, Trump responded, “I would say yeah. I think so, yeah.”

    > The Pentagon last week said it was sending the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, and its carrier air wing to the Caribbean. At the same time, the Trump administration has conducted strikes against boats it says are smuggling illegal drugs in the region, killing dozens of people in the process.

    > Also last week, two B-1 Lancer bombers departed from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas and flew near the coast of Venezuela, according to flight tracking data. Trump called the news reports about the presence of B-1 bombers “false,” but added that “we’re not happy with Venezuela for a lot of reasons. Drugs being one of them.”

  2. So you’re throwing a coup and not calling it a war, got it.

  5. Maduro about to be shacking up with Assad in Moscow.

  8. This is Trump speak for they can’t air strike maduro right now but would really love if he would move so they could.

  9. He’s always so full of shit he has to backtrack everything. Never listen….

  10. Man every time I see him I wonder how he’s still alive. He looks like shit rolled in shit.

  11. I still can’t believe this cunt is the president of the USA. Jesus christ man.

  12. >I doubt US going to war

    I’m sold, give this man a Nobel Peace Prize.

  13. So that means he should be attacking any day now.

  14. Well it’s not much of a bluff if you say you are bluffing.

    The Venezuela War has been on the table for at least a decade so…

    By now they are regretting not taking out Chavez when they had the chance.

    Problem with these stand offs is that there’s a time frame.

    At some point you have to either shoot or pack your bags.

  16. You know when he says “I doubt” then you know he’s going to do it.

  17. Everyone in South America will be cheering when Maduro is ousted.

  18. MAGA going to war with Venezuela. I’m not fighting for this soggy cheeto

  20. Doesn’t Venezuela have like one of the world’s largest oil reserves?

  21. Yeah, the CIA shit didn’t work. Time to send in the grunts.

  22. “We gonna bomb the fuck outta them before they get a chance to say war”

  23. “I doubt” = “Definitely”

    Trump is so ridiculously obvious at this point.

    2017 – 2025 has forced me to acknowledge the stupidity of the majority of Americans.

    I used to give people the benefit of the doubt, but that was clearly stupid on my part.

  25. In the same way that Putin still is not at war in Ukraine. It’s a ‘special military operation’…

  27. Looking at your haggard face….. you might exit the stage before Maduro does

  29. Trump thinks he is a man with courage just remember he found a way to get out of serving his country I can’t stand looking or listen to him. I hope all his enabler go to prison

  30. It occurred to me what and why certain things are happening. Rather than experimenting with line stepping, tradition breaking, and outright disgust for constitutional rules, he is going to start a war or two so that he gets wartime powers. It’s the easiest way to be the supreme leader he desires to be.

  31. People forget he’s not really in charge of all affairs despite how he acts. He ran to stay out of prison and handed the keys to other people on some things.

  33. One of the Colombian political memes has to do with Iván Duque, our previous right-wing president, stating that Maduro “has his hours numbered” (because of political pressure from his administration, and the first Trump administration).

    Someone made a website counting down the hours. Looking it up, it seems to be dead, but if it were running the counter would be at around 60000.

    So, yeah. I’m not a fan of Maduro at all, but the history with these statements is in his favor (especially considering the sheer incompetency of the Trump administration).

  34. So they’re just gonna drone strike him alone? At this point that’s a fucking improvement.

  35. Trump loves most dictators, what’s bugging him about this one?

    Oh yeah, he plans this war to allow him to cancel the election. He can’t win without cheating.

  36. Everyone’s days are numbered. We just don’t know the number yet.

  37. Neocon John Bolton has a hard-on as he’s preparing his defense.

  38. Well it wouldn’t be a war because Venezuela vs US won’t be a war… our technology is so far advanced to theirs it would be like an ant trying to fight a human

  39. But how many of his friends and colleagues and family need that cocaine hook up?

  40. “Stephen Miller hasn’t told me that he’s starting a war yet so I guess we aren’t!”

  42. Very interesting , I’ve lived in Central America and the people are definetly fed up with the narcos and there are Venezuelan refugees everywhere . Idk if this means we should intervene but something does need to be done about Maduro .

  43. I wonder why he is PUTIN the Venezuelan plans on hold for Nigeria¿ i don’t want to be Russian to any judgement.

  45. I don’t think many people will be sad if something regime changing happened to Maduro.

    However I don’t trust the current US administration to pull anything like that of competently.

    They will go in hamfisted and either fail or succeed causing incredible collateral damage.

    Replacing him with someone more palatable to Trump will not work at all.

    They will screw things up and put someone worse into power of leave a vacuum for China or someone else to fill.

  47. I wonder if the UN will recognize the US as an aggressor and Europe will impose sanctions?

  49. Well, give it till tomorrow. He may forget that and need another Epstein distraction.

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