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The Associated Press‏ @AP

BREAKING: Venezuela president asks powerful assembly to probe opposition for allegedly backing Trump threat of intervention.


Video at the link.

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/896132996201304064

CNN‏ @CNN

President Trump: "I'm not going to rule out a military option" in Venezuela


Reporter: "Can you tells us what you are considering for Venezuela? What options are on the table to deal with this mess?"

Trump: "We have many options for Venezuela. And by the way, I'm not going to rule out a military option. We have many options for Venezuela. This is our neighbor, this is, you know we are all over the world. And we have troops all over the world, in places that are very, very far away. And Venezuela is not very far away. And the people are suffering and they are dying. We have many options for Venezuela, including possibly a military option, if necessary."

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Pentagon: we have no orders to...look, just talk to the White House

 

[Randolph Freelander]

 

[Rhete]

He cannot be kicked out of office soon enough

 

[El Topo]

Sounds almost like he is deliberately stirring up shit with other countries to distract from his poor domestic track record.

 

[bobbychalkers]

Trump: "We have many options for Venezuela. And by the way, I'm not going to rule out a military option. We have many options for Venezuela. This is our neighbor, this is, you know we are all over the world. And we have troops all over the world, in places that are very, very far away. And Venezuela is not very far away. And the people are suffering and they are dying. We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible a military option, if necessary."

Trump speaks like the tacked on bullshit I put in papers to make word count.

 

[WedgeX]

How many global conflicts can we enter?

 

[SeanC]

Oh look, someone put another quarter in the Rambling Bullshit Machine and pulled the lever.

 

[kmax]

Now that he's president, he thinks that he can play command & conquer.

 

[Mully]

The Dove Trump air strikes again!

 

[R10Neymarfan]

Yes because we have a good track record historically with interference in Latin American affairs

/S

 

[benicillin]

This isn't going to help him.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Please no Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

 

[cameron]

Do you have many options for Venezuela?

 

[Valhelm]

hands off the third world you piece of shit

 

[TheLetdown]

If this is what the White House meant when they said the president would be on a "working vacation" while golfing, I wish he would just shut the fuck up and golf.

That 11 over par ain't gonna fix itself.

Focus on that.

 

[Kayhan]

One war at a time plz

 

[Wet Bloodfart]

The more he blubbers on and threatens, the less people take him at his word. He’s going to tank his reputation even further.

 

[Atolm]

Imperialistic Murica.

What could go wrong.

 

[ascii42]

Trump speaks like the tacked on bullshit I put in papers to make word count.

San Dimas High School football rules!

 

[NullPointer]

Nikki Haley doesn't look very pleased there.

And by Gods man, for the love of all things, Trump really needs to sit down and shut the fuck up.

 

[sturgboski]

Do you have many options for Venezuela?

From the article it seems there are no options for Venezuela.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Bu bu America First! Isolation! No wars! No dealing with this global crap!

Fuck every single Republican and fuck Trump too.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Or US could leave Venezuela alone unless they specifically ask for America's help.

 

[Ravensmash]

Wasn't this the guy who basically ran on an America First isolationist pedestal?

He goes on holiday and he's trying to start stuff with nations everywhere!

Come back Mr. President!

 

[Syder]

He cannot be kicked out of office soon enough

Don't hold your breath

 

[BocoDragon]

Ask him about Canada. I'm sure he hasn't ruled out a military option.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Cool, more wars.

Literally every time Trump says something a tweet like this appears.

Every
single
time.

 

[Beer Monkey]

Let's drive that stock market back to November levels!

 

[Stone Ocean]

Guys I wanna blow something up SO BAD

 

[ExInferus]

option option many options many many options option option military option

 

[Kurtofan]

ugh shut the fuck up you nimwit

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Next he's going to have an opinion on fictional martians too.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Speak loudly and obnoxiously and carry a big stick.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Nikki Haley doesn't look very pleased there.

And by Gods man, for the love of all things, Trump really needs to sit down and shut the fuck up.

That moment was probably the very first time the words "Venezuela" and "military" had actually been used in the same sentence.

 

[Strike]

Shut. The. Fuck. Up.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

This thread is looking dumber & dumber as time goes on

 

[SRG01]

MAXIMUM DISTRACTION.

This would be funny if he wasn't the president...

 

[The Silver]

man we're gonna fuck up that place even more than it already is

 

[Za-Neen-Jya]

 

[Wet Bloodfart]

He’s all fucking talk. The more he spews the less likely he’ll do anything

 

[Pastry]

Well we've got a pretty good track record in South America... lol

 

[Kensation]

How is it possible that Trump is EVEN WORSE ON FUCKING VACATION?!?!?!?

 

[SKINNER!]

War mongering and USA go hand in hand? I'm truly shocked. /Sarcasm

 

[LifEndz]

Haven't listened to him speak in awhile (his voice sickens me) but good lord is he a reporter's wet dream. You can basically get him to say anything based on how you frame your question.
Reporter: Do you have a military option for Mitch McConnell?
Trump: We have many many many options for Mitch, but I won't get into that.

He's like the bizaro version of the Commandant from the old police academy movies.

 

[Blue Geezer]

Venezuela neighbours the US?

 

[Electric Eye]

Look I loved the 80's too but this isn't how I wanted them back.

 

[Linkark07]

Well, many Venezuelans want the US to attack them and get rid of Maburro.

Problem is, this is Trump, an idiot who doesn't even know what he is talking about.

But let's be honest, there aren't many options for Venezuela either. Sanctions to Maburro and his cronies aren't working, unless the United States really dares to put sanctions on their oil. And I doubt Trump will accept that.

 

[Dr.Acula]

Someone tell Trump that Russia has been buying up shares of Venezuela's public oil companies.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-russia-oil-specialreport-idUSKBN1AR14U

Moscow is using its position as Venezuela’s lender of last resort to gain more control over the OPEC nation’s crude reserves, the largest in the world.

Venezuela's state-owned oil firm, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), has been secretly negotiating since at least early this year with Russia's biggest state-owned oil company, Rosneft (ROSN.MM) - offering ownership interests in up to nine of Venezuela's most productive petroleum projects, according to a top Venezuelan government official and two industry sources familiar with the talks.

[...]

Rosneft delivered Venezuela’s state-owned firm more than $1 billion in April alone in exchange for a promise of oil shipments later. On at least two occasions, the Venezuelan government has used Russian cash to avoid imminent defaults on payments to bondholders, a high-level PDVSA official told Reuters.

 

[Kayhan]

If only we had listened to Chelsea Handler.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

How is it possible that Trump is EVEN WORSE ON FUCKING VACATION?!?!?!?

Tiiiiii-iiiiiiiiiiiiii-iiiiiiiiiii-me is on his side

yes it is

[insert crying gif]