USA Politics

[Aggelos]

The Maduro regime are a bunch of corrupt authoritarians who have taken a few leafs out of the Stalin playbook. That being said, it's very clear why America is desperate to go to war on them (easy target, big oil reserves).

And I thought they were doing it to spread democracy... silly me.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

a bunch of corrupt authoritarians

Correct, they are, but ... since when did Trump have a problem with that?

 

[Trevoire]

Yeah he loves authoritarians normally.

Could he literally be starting a war to distract from the Epstein files release?
(I'm sure the FBI have scrubbed them of any mention of Trump, hence why he's been delaying so much)

Or he just wants to prove how much of a tough guy he is.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

It could also be that confronting Venezuela is something others in the administration have been pushing for. Their nationalization of oil assets did cause a lot of issues. I have a limited overview of this, but as I understand it there have been international court rulings about how the scores should be settled between the Venezuelan state and the affected oil companies, but maybe the hawks in Trump's administration still see it as a valid reason to start a conflict. For Trump personally, the reasons mentioned could be sufficient that he gladly plays along.