Venezuela

static111 · January 6

Narcoterrorism is the new WMD change my mind?

Tim Simmons · January 6

It’s such a 90s action movie villainous gang label

brianlux · January 6

Kat said:

I remembered a meeting happening during the campaign. It's not unreasonable to think that they discussed more than environmental regulations.

AI Overview
Yes, Donald Trump held a significant private dinner with oil executives and lobbyists at his Mar-a-Lago resort in April 2024, where he reportedly asked for $1 billion in campaign donations in exchange for promising to dismantle environmental regulations if reelected

. Attendees included figures from ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute, and executives like Harold Hamm, with reports indicating discussions around rolling back Biden's energy policies. This meeting prompted probes by House Democrats and the Senate Budget Committee into potential campaign finance violations.

Key Details of the Meeting:
Date: April 11, 2024.
Location: Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.
Attendees: Around 20 executives and lobbyists, including from ExxonMobil, EQT Corp, and the American Petroleum Institute, organized by Harold Hamm.
The Offer: Trump allegedly told attendees they should donate $1 billion to his campaign, promising to reverse climate and environmental rules hampering their industry.
Reactions & Investigations:
Democratic Probes: House Democrats, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, launched an investigation into the alleged quid pro quo, sending letters to CEOs.
Senate Interest: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Chair of the Senate Budget Committee, also expressed interest in investigating, citing potential corruption and lack of transparency.
Legality: Experts noted the request was ethically troubling but likely legal under current interpretations, as it wasn't a clear, specific exchange for a specific action, though it aligns with campaign practices, according to the Washington Post.
What Trump Promised:
Undo Joe Biden's restrictions on gas export permits.
Increase oil drilling.
Relax vehicle pollution standards.

The effort by the currant "POTUS" to dismantle the environmental progress is a clear sign of lunacy. Only a destructive, life hating individual could conceive of such actions.

brianlux · January 6

Check this out and then look up The BRICS Bridge System

The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.

And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.

Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy."

This is about the petrodollar system that has kept America the dominant economic power for 50 years.

And Venezuela just threatened to end it.

Here's what really just happened:

Venezuela has 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves.

The largest on Earth.

More than Saudi Arabia.

20% of the entire world's oil.

But here's the part that matters:

Venezuela was actively selling that oil in Chinese yuan. Not dollars.

In 2018, Venezuela announced it would "free itself from the dollar."

They started accepting yuan, euros, rubles, anything BUT dollars for oil.

They were petitioning to join BRICS.

They were building direct payment channels with China that bypass SWIFT entirely.

And they were sitting on enough oil to fund de-dollarization for decades.

Why does this matter?

Because the entire American financial system is built on one thing:

The petrodollar.

In 1974, Henry Kissinger made a deal with Saudi Arabia:

All oil sold globally must be priced in US dollars.

In exchange, America provides military protection.

This single agreement created artificial demand for dollars worldwide.

Every country on Earth needs dollars to buy oil.

This lets America print unlimited money while other countries work for it.

It funds the military. The welfare state. The deficit spending.

The petrodollar is more important to US hegemony than aircraft carriers.

And there's a pattern of what happens to leaders who challenge it:

2000: Saddam Hussein announces Iraq will sell oil in euros instead of dollars.

2003: Invaded. Regime change. Iraq's oil immediately switched back to dollars. Saddam lynched.

The WMDs were never found because they never existed.

2009: Gaddafi proposes a gold-backed African currency called the "gold dinar" for oil trade.

Hillary Clinton's own leaked emails confirm this was the PRIMARY reason for intervention.

Email quote: "This gold was intended to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar."

2011: NATO bombs Libya. Gaddafi sodomized and murdered. Libya now has open slave markets.

"We came, we saw, he died!" Clinton laughed on camera.

The gold dinar died with him.

And now Maduro.

With FIVE TIMES more oil than Saddam and Gaddafi combined.

Actively selling in yuan.

Building payment systems outside dollar control.

Petitioning to join BRICS.

Partnered with China, Russia, and Iran.

The three countries leading global de-dollarization.

This isn't coincidence.

Challenge the petrodollar. Get regime changed.

Every. Single. Time.

Stephen Miller (US homeland security advisor) literally said it out loud two weeks ago:

"American sweat, ingenuity and toil created the oil industry in Venezuela. Its tyrannical expropriation was the largest recorded theft of American wealth and property."

He's not hiding it.

They're claiming Venezuelan oil BELONGS to America because US companies developed it 100 years ago.

By this logic, every nationalized resource in history was "theft."

But here's the DEEPER problem:

The petrodollar is already dying.

Russia sells oil in rubles and yuan since Ukraine.

Saudi Arabia is openly discussing yuan settlements.

Iran has been trading in non-dollar currencies for years.

China built CIPS, their own alternative to SWIFT with 4,800 banks in 185 countries.

BRICS is actively building payment systems that bypass the dollar entirely.

The mBridge project lets central banks settle trades instantly in local currencies.

Venezuela joining BRICS with 303 billion barrels of oil would accelerate this exponentially.

That's what this invasion is really about.

Not stopping drugs. Venezuela accounts for less than 1% of US cocaine.

Not terrorism. There's zero evidence Maduro runs a "terror organization."

Not democracy. The US supports Saudi Arabia, which has zero elections.

This is about maintaining a 50-year-old agreement that lets America print money while the world works for it.

And the consequences are terrifying:

Russia, China, and Iran are already denouncing this as "armed aggression."

China is Venezuela's biggest oil customer. They're losing billions.

BRICS nations are watching a country get invaded for trading outside the dollar.

Every nation considering de-dollarization just got the message:

Challenge the dollar and we will bomb you.

But here's the problem...

That message might accelerate de-dollarization, not stop it.

Because now every country in the Global South knows what happens if you threaten dollar hegemony.

And they're realizing the only protection is to move FASTER.

The timing is insane too:

January 3rd, 2026. Venezuela invaded. Maduro captured.

January 3rd, 1990. Panama invaded. Noriega captured.

36 years apart. Almost to the day.

Same playbook. Same "drug trafficking" excuse.

Same real reason: control of strategic resources and trade routes.

History doesn't repeat. But it rhymes.

What happens next:

Trump's press conference at Mar-a-Lago sets the narrative.

US oil companies are already lined up. Politico reported they've been approached about "returning to Venezuela."

The opposition will be installed. Oil will flow in dollars again.

Venezuela becomes another Iraq. Another Libya.

But here's what nobody's asking:

What happens when you can no longer bomb your way to dollar dominance?

When China has enough economic leverage to retaliate?

When BRICS controls 40% of global GDP and says "no more dollars"?

When the world realizes the petrodollar is maintained by violence?

America just showed its hand.

The question is whether the rest of the world folds or calls the bluff.

Because this invasion is an admission that the dollar can no longer compete on its own merits.

When you have to bomb countries to keep them using your currency, the currency is already dying.

Venezuela isn't the beginning. Just like Saddam Hussain - Qadhafi - and countless others when ever a country threatens the petro Dollar this scenario happens.

tempo_n_groove · January 6

So the bombing of the boats, drug boats, was the catalyst to remove a leader from their country and try them?

In doing so, we can now go and take out ANY leader that we don't deem fit with our agendas.

This goes for the rest of the world too. Putin, whomever, can just go taking out leaders because "you broke our laws".

This is how I am understanding this whole thing right now.

lastexitlondon · January 6

The fucking news here is full of this Greenland bollocks wtf is this world ?

darwinstheory · January 6

tempo_n_groove said:

So the bombing of the boats, drug boats, was the catalyst to remove a leader from their country and try them?

In doing so, we can now go and take out ANY leader that we don't deem fit with our agendas.

This goes for the rest of the world too. Putin, whomever, can just go taking out leaders because "you broke our laws".

This is how I am understanding this whole thing right now.

Yes. Create fear of Venezuela using drug imports as a fascade. Gather support to stop the threat of imported drugs (even if deep down, Venezuela isn't the biggest drug import threat).

josevolution · January 6

What happened to the files 👋 & Smith deposition?

Tim Simmons · January 6

tempo_n_groove said:

So the bombing of the boats, drug boats, was the catalyst to remove a leader from their country and try them?

In doing so, we can now go and take out ANY leader that we don't deem fit with our agendas.

This goes for the rest of the world too. Putin, whomever, can just go taking out leaders because "you broke our laws".

This is how I am understanding this whole thing right now.

Correct. I didn’t think this was the FEATURE for all of this, but it certainly is now.

Tim Simmons · January 6

darwinstheory said:

tempo_n_groove said:

So the bombing of the boats, drug boats, was the catalyst to remove a leader from their country and try them?

In doing so, we can now go and take out ANY leader that we don't deem fit with our agendas.

This goes for the rest of the world too. Putin, whomever, can just go taking out leaders because "you broke our laws".

This is how I am understanding this whole thing right now.

Yes. Create fear of Venezuela using drug imports as a fascade. Gather support to stop the threat of imported drugs (even if deep down, Venezuela isn't the biggest drug import threat).

Yeh, I don’t even think it was about the drugs.

tempo_n_groove · January 6

Tim Simmons said:

darwinstheory said:

tempo_n_groove said:

So the bombing of the boats, drug boats, was the catalyst to remove a leader from their country and try them?

In doing so, we can now go and take out ANY leader that we don't deem fit with our agendas.

This goes for the rest of the world too. Putin, whomever, can just go taking out leaders because "you broke our laws".

This is how I am understanding this whole thing right now.

Yes. Create fear of Venezuela using drug imports as a fascade. Gather support to stop the threat of imported drugs (even if deep down, Venezuela isn't the biggest drug import threat).

Yeh, I don’t even think it was about the drugs.

Oil i'd say..

I will look it up but Venezuela might be part of BRICS?

darwinstheory · January 6

brianlux said:

Check this out and then look up The BRICS Bridge System

The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy."
This is about the petrodollar system that has kept America the dominant economic power for 50 years.
And Venezuela just threatened to end it.
Here's what really just happened:
Venezuela has 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves.
The largest on Earth.
More than Saudi Arabia.
20% of the entire world's oil.
But here's the part that matters:
Venezuela was actively selling that oil in Chinese yuan. Not dollars.
In 2018, Venezuela announced it would "free itself from the dollar."
They started accepting yuan, euros, rubles, anything BUT dollars for oil.
They were petitioning to join BRICS.
They were building direct payment channels with China that bypass SWIFT entirely.
And they were sitting on enough oil to fund de-dollarization for decades.
Why does this matter?
Because the entire American financial system is built on one thing:
The petrodollar.
In 1974, Henry Kissinger made a deal with Saudi Arabia:
All oil sold globally must be priced in US dollars.
In exchange, America provides military protection.
This single agreement created artificial demand for dollars worldwide.
Every country on Earth needs dollars to buy oil.
This lets America print unlimited money while other countries work for it.
It funds the military. The welfare state. The deficit spending.
The petrodollar is more important to US hegemony than aircraft carriers.
And there's a pattern of what happens to leaders who challenge it:
2000: Saddam Hussein announces Iraq will sell oil in euros instead of dollars.
2003: Invaded. Regime change. Iraq's oil immediately switched back to dollars. Saddam lynched.
The WMDs were never found because they never existed.
2009: Gaddafi proposes a gold-backed African currency called the "gold dinar" for oil trade.
Hillary Clinton's own leaked emails confirm this was the PRIMARY reason for intervention.
Email quote: "This gold was intended to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar."
2011: NATO bombs Libya. Gaddafi sodomized and murdered. Libya now has open slave markets.
"We came, we saw, he died!" Clinton laughed on camera.
The gold dinar died with him.
And now Maduro.
With FIVE TIMES more oil than Saddam and Gaddafi combined.
Actively selling in yuan.
Building payment systems outside dollar control.
Petitioning to join BRICS.
Partnered with China, Russia, and Iran.
The three countries leading global de-dollarization.
This isn't coincidence.
Challenge the petrodollar. Get regime changed.
Every. Single. Time.
Stephen Miller (US homeland security advisor) literally said it out loud two weeks ago:
"American sweat, ingenuity and toil created the oil industry in Venezuela. Its tyrannical expropriation was the largest recorded theft of American wealth and property."
He's not hiding it.
They're claiming Venezuelan oil BELONGS to America because US companies developed it 100 years ago.
By this logic, every nationalized resource in history was "theft."
But here's the DEEPER problem:
The petrodollar is already dying.
Russia sells oil in rubles and yuan since Ukraine.
Saudi Arabia is openly discussing yuan settlements.
Iran has been trading in non-dollar currencies for years.
China built CIPS, their own alternative to SWIFT with 4,800 banks in 185 countries.
BRICS is actively building payment systems that bypass the dollar entirely.
The mBridge project lets central banks settle trades instantly in local currencies.
Venezuela joining BRICS with 303 billion barrels of oil would accelerate this exponentially.
That's what this invasion is really about.
Not stopping drugs. Venezuela accounts for less than 1% of US cocaine.
Not terrorism. There's zero evidence Maduro runs a "terror organization."
Not democracy. The US supports Saudi Arabia, which has zero elections.
This is about maintaining a 50-year-old agreement that lets America print money while the world works for it.
And the consequences are terrifying:
Russia, China, and Iran are already denouncing this as "armed aggression."
China is Venezuela's biggest oil customer. They're losing billions.
BRICS nations are watching a country get invaded for trading outside the dollar.
Every nation considering de-dollarization just got the message:
Challenge the dollar and we will bomb you.
But here's the problem...
That message might accelerate de-dollarization, not stop it.
Because now every country in the Global South knows what happens if you threaten dollar hegemony.
And they're realizing the only protection is to move FASTER.
The timing is insane too:
January 3rd, 2026. Venezuela invaded. Maduro captured.
January 3rd, 1990. Panama invaded. Noriega captured.
36 years apart. Almost to the day.
Same playbook. Same "drug trafficking" excuse.
Same real reason: control of strategic resources and trade routes.
History doesn't repeat. But it rhymes.
What happens next:
Trump's press conference at Mar-a-Lago sets the narrative.
US oil companies are already lined up. Politico reported they've been approached about "returning to Venezuela."
The opposition will be installed. Oil will flow in dollars again.
Venezuela becomes another Iraq. Another Libya.
But here's what nobody's asking:
What happens when you can no longer bomb your way to dollar dominance?
When China has enough economic leverage to retaliate?
When BRICS controls 40% of global GDP and says "no more dollars"?
When the world realizes the petrodollar is maintained by violence?
America just showed its hand.
The question is whether the rest of the world folds or calls the bluff.
Because this invasion is an admission that the dollar can no longer compete on its own merits.
When you have to bomb countries to keep them using your currency, the currency is already dying.
Venezuela isn't the beginning. Just like Saddam Hussain - Qadhafi - and countless others when ever a country threatens the petro Dollar this scenario happens.

Thank you for sharing Brian! Glad you stuck around, bud!

darwinstheory · January 6

Tim Simmons said:

darwinstheory said:

tempo_n_groove said:

So the bombing of the boats, drug boats, was the catalyst to remove a leader from their country and try them?

In doing so, we can now go and take out ANY leader that we don't deem fit with our agendas.

This goes for the rest of the world too. Putin, whomever, can just go taking out leaders because "you broke our laws".

This is how I am understanding this whole thing right now.

Yes. Create fear of Venezuela using drug imports as a fascade. Gather support to stop the threat of imported drugs (even if deep down, Venezuela isn't the biggest drug import threat).

Yeh, I don’t even think it was about the drugs.

Not at all. That was just the scare tactic to garner public support from the base. Nobody will defend people bringing in drugs!

darwinstheory · January 6

tempo_n_groove said:

Tim Simmons said:

darwinstheory said:

tempo_n_groove said:

So the bombing of the boats, drug boats, was the catalyst to remove a leader from their country and try them?

In doing so, we can now go and take out ANY leader that we don't deem fit with our agendas.

This goes for the rest of the world too. Putin, whomever, can just go taking out leaders because "you broke our laws".

This is how I am understanding this whole thing right now.

Yes. Create fear of Venezuela using drug imports as a fascade. Gather support to stop the threat of imported drugs (even if deep down, Venezuela isn't the biggest drug import threat).

Yeh, I don’t even think it was about the drugs.

Oil i'd say..

I will look it up but Venezuela might be part of BRICS?

💯 about oil

A few posts up, @brianlux put out a really written post about oil amd BRICS and the impact on the US dollar. I need to look into this more, but it definitely lines up.

mickeyrat · January 6

President Trump dismissed comparisons between past U.S. involvement in Iraq and the recent military operation in Venezuela, saying the difference is that the Trump administration plans to keep the seized oil. https://trib.al/CWxxAWq

tempo_n_groove · January 6

darwinstheory said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Tim Simmons said:

darwinstheory said:

tempo_n_groove said:

So the bombing of the boats, drug boats, was the catalyst to remove a leader from their country and try them?

In doing so, we can now go and take out ANY leader that we don't deem fit with our agendas.

This goes for the rest of the world too. Putin, whomever, can just go taking out leaders because "you broke our laws".

This is how I am understanding this whole thing right now.

Yes. Create fear of Venezuela using drug imports as a fascade. Gather support to stop the threat of imported drugs (even if deep down, Venezuela isn't the biggest drug import threat).

Yeh, I don’t even think it was about the drugs.

Oil i'd say..

I will look it up but Venezuela might be part of BRICS?

💯 about oil

A few posts up, @brianlux put out a really written post about oil amd BRICS and the impact on the US dollar. I need to look into this more, but it definitely lines up.

I posted about BRICS a while back. They are trying to devalue the dollar and have a new currency as the top dog. They pooled together some heavy hitters.

I just read Brians article/post. Good info in there.

Gern Blansten · January 6

I still can't get over how everyone just accepts the explanation that the Honduran that trump pardoned was "treated very unfairly" by the Biden Admin.

That should be headline news until they offer a detailed explanation.

Lerxst1992 · January 6

Tim Simmons said:

Liberal band with a predominantly liberal fanbase has a predominantly liberal message board. stop the presses we have an echo chamber and people can’t have alternative viewpoints EVER!

The point was about the usefulness of a “like” function on a one sided political forum, but go ahead and continue to mock a commenter that dares to disagree with you. And I doubt you get much disagreement on your views here EVER!

Since you’re expressing a deep need for conformation bias, I suggest Reddit. It’s very good at that, and every one of your comments gets voted on!!!!

Lerxst1992 · January 6

brianlux said:

Kat said:

I remembered a meeting happening during the campaign. It's not unreasonable to think that they discussed more than environmental regulations.

AI Overview
Yes, Donald Trump held a significant private dinner with oil executives and lobbyists at his Mar-a-Lago resort in April 2024, where he reportedly asked for $1 billion in campaign donations in exchange for promising to dismantle environmental regulations if reelected

. Attendees included figures from ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute, and executives like Harold Hamm, with reports indicating discussions around rolling back Biden's energy policies. This meeting prompted probes by House Democrats and the Senate Budget Committee into potential campaign finance violations.

Key Details of the Meeting:
Date: April 11, 2024.
Location: Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.
Attendees: Around 20 executives and lobbyists, including from ExxonMobil, EQT Corp, and the American Petroleum Institute, organized by Harold Hamm.
The Offer: Trump allegedly told attendees they should donate $1 billion to his campaign, promising to reverse climate and environmental rules hampering their industry.
Reactions & Investigations:
Democratic Probes: House Democrats, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, launched an investigation into the alleged quid pro quo, sending letters to CEOs.
Senate Interest: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Chair of the Senate Budget Committee, also expressed interest in investigating, citing potential corruption and lack of transparency.
Legality: Experts noted the request was ethically troubling but likely legal under current interpretations, as it wasn't a clear, specific exchange for a specific action, though it aligns with campaign practices, according to the Washington Post.
What Trump Promised:
Undo Joe Biden's restrictions on gas export permits.
Increase oil drilling.
Relax vehicle pollution standards.

The effort by the currant "POTUS" to dismantle the environmental progress is a clear sign of lunacy. Only a destructive, life hating individual could conceive of such actions.

On that we agree, although it remains frustrating the democrats failed to have success campaigning on this issue in the general election. Trump is just to good at manipulating the narrative.

speaking of which, it’s curious there has been no attack on this very good post with the “same accusations” we see of AI Slop that’s common in the forum.

Tim Simmons · January 6

brianlux said:

Check this out and then look up The BRICS Bridge System

The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy."
This is about the petrodollar system that has kept America the dominant economic power for 50 years.
And Venezuela just threatened to end it.
Here's what really just happened:
Venezuela has 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves.
The largest on Earth.
More than Saudi Arabia.
20% of the entire world's oil.
But here's the part that matters:
Venezuela was actively selling that oil in Chinese yuan. Not dollars.
In 2018, Venezuela announced it would "free itself from the dollar."
They started accepting yuan, euros, rubles, anything BUT dollars for oil.
They were petitioning to join BRICS.
They were building direct payment channels with China that bypass SWIFT entirely.
And they were sitting on enough oil to fund de-dollarization for decades.
Why does this matter?
Because the entire American financial system is built on one thing:
The petrodollar.
In 1974, Henry Kissinger made a deal with Saudi Arabia:
All oil sold globally must be priced in US dollars.
In exchange, America provides military protection.
This single agreement created artificial demand for dollars worldwide.
Every country on Earth needs dollars to buy oil.
This lets America print unlimited money while other countries work for it.
It funds the military. The welfare state. The deficit spending.
The petrodollar is more important to US hegemony than aircraft carriers.
And there's a pattern of what happens to leaders who challenge it:
2000: Saddam Hussein announces Iraq will sell oil in euros instead of dollars.
2003: Invaded. Regime change. Iraq's oil immediately switched back to dollars. Saddam lynched.
The WMDs were never found because they never existed.
2009: Gaddafi proposes a gold-backed African currency called the "gold dinar" for oil trade.
Hillary Clinton's own leaked emails confirm this was the PRIMARY reason for intervention.
Email quote: "This gold was intended to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar."
2011: NATO bombs Libya. Gaddafi sodomized and murdered. Libya now has open slave markets.
"We came, we saw, he died!" Clinton laughed on camera.
The gold dinar died with him.
And now Maduro.
With FIVE TIMES more oil than Saddam and Gaddafi combined.
Actively selling in yuan.
Building payment systems outside dollar control.
Petitioning to join BRICS.
Partnered with China, Russia, and Iran.
The three countries leading global de-dollarization.
This isn't coincidence.
Challenge the petrodollar. Get regime changed.
Every. Single. Time.
Stephen Miller (US homeland security advisor) literally said it out loud two weeks ago:
"American sweat, ingenuity and toil created the oil industry in Venezuela. Its tyrannical expropriation was the largest recorded theft of American wealth and property."
He's not hiding it.
They're claiming Venezuelan oil BELONGS to America because US companies developed it 100 years ago.
By this logic, every nationalized resource in history was "theft."
But here's the DEEPER problem:
The petrodollar is already dying.
Russia sells oil in rubles and yuan since Ukraine.
Saudi Arabia is openly discussing yuan settlements.
Iran has been trading in non-dollar currencies for years.
China built CIPS, their own alternative to SWIFT with 4,800 banks in 185 countries.
BRICS is actively building payment systems that bypass the dollar entirely.
The mBridge project lets central banks settle trades instantly in local currencies.
Venezuela joining BRICS with 303 billion barrels of oil would accelerate this exponentially.
That's what this invasion is really about.
Not stopping drugs. Venezuela accounts for less than 1% of US cocaine.
Not terrorism. There's zero evidence Maduro runs a "terror organization."
Not democracy. The US supports Saudi Arabia, which has zero elections.
This is about maintaining a 50-year-old agreement that lets America print money while the world works for it.
And the consequences are terrifying:
Russia, China, and Iran are already denouncing this as "armed aggression."
China is Venezuela's biggest oil customer. They're losing billions.
BRICS nations are watching a country get invaded for trading outside the dollar.
Every nation considering de-dollarization just got the message:
Challenge the dollar and we will bomb you.
But here's the problem...
That message might accelerate de-dollarization, not stop it.
Because now every country in the Global South knows what happens if you threaten dollar hegemony.
And they're realizing the only protection is to move FASTER.
The timing is insane too:
January 3rd, 2026. Venezuela invaded. Maduro captured.
January 3rd, 1990. Panama invaded. Noriega captured.
36 years apart. Almost to the day.
Same playbook. Same "drug trafficking" excuse.
Same real reason: control of strategic resources and trade routes.
History doesn't repeat. But it rhymes.
What happens next:
Trump's press conference at Mar-a-Lago sets the narrative.
US oil companies are already lined up. Politico reported they've been approached about "returning to Venezuela."
The opposition will be installed. Oil will flow in dollars again.
Venezuela becomes another Iraq. Another Libya.
But here's what nobody's asking:
What happens when you can no longer bomb your way to dollar dominance?
When China has enough economic leverage to retaliate?
When BRICS controls 40% of global GDP and says "no more dollars"?
When the world realizes the petrodollar is maintained by violence?
America just showed its hand.
The question is whether the rest of the world folds or calls the bluff.
Because this invasion is an admission that the dollar can no longer compete on its own merits.
When you have to bomb countries to keep them using your currency, the currency is already dying.
Venezuela isn't the beginning. Just like Saddam Hussain - Qadhafi - and countless others when ever a country threatens the petro Dollar this scenario happens.

this is interesting stuff that I would love to read up on. But including this

January 3rd, 2026. Venezuela invaded. Maduro captured.

January 3rd, 1990. Panama invaded. Noriega captured.

36 years apart. Almost to the day.

Same playbook. Same "drug trafficking" excuse.

undercuts some great info and starts to paint it as conspiratorial. this admin is not that smart or clever. this is purely a coincidence.

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