This is way beyond winning, this is stunningly brilliant strategy. Not only has President Trump successfully apprehended Venezuela dictator Nicolas Maduro, but the remaining interim government officials have acquiesced to fund a civil restitution plan to pay for their malfeasance.
The government that stole from its people is being forced to pay restitution for their own fraud, abuse and misconduct.
[SOURCE]
As we noted yesterday the immediate issue for Venezuela would be to fill the economic/financial void.
The Sea Island attendees support a quick Machado installation. Trump/Rubio prefer to proceed with more caution, especially because someone is going to be on the hook for financial support to Venezuela, because the domestic rewards from any expanded oil revenue are at least 5 to 10 years away.
Changing the regime in Venezuela may break China’s ‘belt and road’ grip, but China’s money is going to need to be replaced with independent domestic economic wealth for the Venezuelan people. That process takes time. [link]
Some type of short-term funding is needed during any kind of reconstruction of govt. Typically, the U.S. taxpayer would be on the hook during this phase; however, President Trump has found a way for the corrupt Venezuelan authorities to pay for their own civic shift back to democracy. Brilliant.
The 30 to 50 million barrels of oil is approximately a $2 billion self-created reconstruction effort.
Compare and contrast this approach with the trillions of U.S. taxpayer funds that were used in the failed efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, etcetera…. or even Kuwait, albeit the Kuwaiti’s offered, but prior U.S. leadership chose influence over restitution.
In this example, almost immediately the funds now in the control of President Trump can be deployed to the greater benefit of the Venezuelan people.
Another way to look at this is like a type of ‘sovereign wealth fund’ created by the corrupt Venezuelan officials, using the resources that belong to the Venezuelan people, to support the interim needs of the same citizens they victimized.
Well done President Trump and Secretary Rubio!
Wonderful news and great way to end the day.
Thank You, Lord God, for President Trump.
AMEN
These strategies are coming from Heaven, sis.
Praise God!
I may actually start rooting for the US Olympic team again. LOL. USA, USA !!
Couple of interesting articles….
President Trump saying different things to different people ….
he has a habit of doing that….
I am now at wait and see on —any and everything happening 🤦♀️
If we 🇺🇸American taxpayers 🇺🇸 “reimburse “ wouldn’t that be- corporate welfare- bailout 🤷♀️
Trump Tells NBC US May Reimburse Firms for Venezuela Oil Efforts – Bloomberg
US May Subsidize Oil Giants To Rebuild Venezuela’s Energy Sector, Trump Says | ZeroHedge
🙃 🙃 I am— wait and see🤷♀️
If you pay close attention to Trump you will pick up on his tactics and understand how the media is fooling not only you but over 1/2 of the country possibly 3/4 but he is consistent as a clock when you pick up on his business tactics. Win and SEE.
One might want to quit listening to the corrupt media altogether…….get it from his mouth on Truth Social! This is why Truth Social came to be……..
So he could speak to us directly without the corrupt filter from the lying legacy media!
He doesn’t lie. And he is not talking out of both sides of his mouth. Go there….and you will see and hear his words…..and not what they want you think and believe about what he said!
I think it’s called a barium meal
It’s a question of time and speed. From your second link:
In an interview with NBC News on Monday, Trump said US firms could have expanded operations in the country “up and running” in less than 18 months — a timeline that sharply conflicts with expert estimates that reconstruction could take a decade and cost more than $100 billion.
The people who will actually do the hard work, CAN get it down in 18 months. It’s the others that need a push. 🤔
I remember stories about how long it took Soviet house painters to paint a house. It was something like a team of three it took 10 days to paint a house. The American painters took three hours.
Did someone paint with a brush – which is more thorough
and
someone else paint with spray gun ( which can flake off sooner than brush over time )?
i.e. there is a difference in quality of ‘paint jobs’.
And yes, there are also different qualities of paint materials.
Imho
In seeking a job well done:
How to optimize quality, budget, and schedule,
or
how to miss focus on just 1 or 2 of the factors (and overlook 1 or 2 factors )?
Love thy neighbors
We had a painter on a job in Seattle with a though-provoking motto on his T-shirt:
“There is Nothing More Expensive Than CHEAP PAINT”
I believe Joan is referring to news articles, books and relevant stories we used to read and hear about how things worked in the old Soviet Union. Not so much about painting techniques.
Was in the U.S.S.R. in 1984 and watched as a group of babushkas painted large sewer covers that stuck up above the sidewalks.
Never once did any of them bother to sweep away any dirt that was on them, nor did they wash the covers in any way.
They just carried their paint buckets to each sewer cover and painted them, along with the dirt, leaves and sticks that were anywhere close by.
Like leftists, they got paid no matter what they did, so they (apparently) didn’t care about the quality of their work.
“Stories” can be very unreliable.
Similar story…was in Prague about 8 years ago…for a 3 day stay. Hotel was next to a park and we observed workers cleaning the park and putting in a water line to a drinking fountain.
Workers were using brooms to clean up leaves and the water line workers were digging the line with shovels.
Work could have been completed in 2 hours via a blower and ditch witch…yet after the 3rd day they were still at it…
Sounds like the Left Coast. Ban any machine that uses “fossil “ fuel. What genius created the term Fossil? I know follow the science that really isn’t science.
abyssal abiogenic
But!!! The way American painters paint. Painting must be done annually.
agree!!
absolutely believe the oil guys can be up and running in 18 months.
remember Red Adair and the Kuwaiti oil fires?
and he was 75 years old at the time!
same DNA runs thru this bunch of guys.
watch us go to work, armchair “experts” –
that’s WORK, not gum flapping.😂
https://authentictexas.com/paul-red-adair/
Landman!!! Call The Landman man!!
Where’s Tommy?!
US Fracked oil is the cleanest, sweetest oil in the world. Because it is trapped in rock, it does not travel and pick up impurities. Venezuelan oil is dirty, heavy and high in Sulphur.
US Oil refineries are built to run medium grade input for greatest efficiency. They want
some heavy sour oil to add to the US light sweet, fracked oil.
A few years ago Houston, Deer Park & Pasadena refineries were re-worked to be able to refine the “tar” they would get from Venezuela and some other countries. So Texas can take care of it.
And now a word from The Never Satisfied Prefers Who Propaganda To Winning.
Selling the oil and sending the money to the Venezuelan citizens is not US subsidizing. No matter how you try to twist that with your incessant propaganda.
Try living without petroleum products! Heat, cooking, shelter, clothing, lights, blankets, transportation and blankets!
Go ahead; jump back into Biden-World and hunt game with a club, cook in the mud, eat half raw meat, sleep in a cow skin, dress in a feather suit, farm with a rib-bone. That’s completely f#ing ignorant! Our civilizations exist ONLY because we have learned how use resources! We could use them more wisely, but that is a different story!
WE COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT ALL BY KILLING SOCIALISM WHEN IT SPROUTED! LIKE IN NYC!
Socialism is trying to kill Capitalism; why can’t Capitalism try to kill Socialism?
Capitalism does kill socialism every time, but memories fade and we start all over again.
I understand your concerns, having faced similar challenges regarding what gets coverage and how and when on the major globalist outlets.
I’ve learned to ask the first important question: is the outlet a Trump supporting outfit, a TDS outfit, or something in the middle.
We all want the truth, of course, but sometimes we have to wait to see it clearly.
The vitriol coming out of Globalist MSM is off the charts right now. They are overzealous and do miss any occasion to insert what they perceive as an opportunity to smear PDJT and his team, truth be damned.
They eventually get caught in their lies more often than not.
Hang tough, my friend.
Interesting take….Not Disagreeing, but will keep my powder dry for the handful of idiots who will try to make a mockery of our wonderful country & POTUS with some short sided leftist political action or statement.
😂
Sports will continue to degrade no matter what venue and the globalist freaks on the Olympic Committee will never reform.
CERN ring a bell ?
Bravo. Once again I am in awe of your country and its current leadership of President Trump, and Marco Rubio.
So nice to see the Tea Party Rubio back.
As a small sidenote, we in Canada have been taken over by China, the Cartels, Indian Gangs, and FILTHY LIBERALS.
We love America, and we are trapped in a Marxist Hellhole. We supply the world with Fentanyl. Please come arrest our criminal Regime Leader
LIBERTY LIBERTY LIBERTY!
Then arrest the self avowed communist dictator in Australia.
Prime Minister Albanese has a cabinet to answer to and who voted for him to become leader. They can vote him out and vote somebody else in as Prime Minister. All legislation has to be passed by both houses of Parliament, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Albanese was duly elected by his electorate. You may not like his Left politics, but he and his party can be voted out at the next election. There are also States and Territories who have elected parliaments.
There is no way he is a “self avowed communist dictator” of Australia. The comments section here should be a place of facts, honesty and truth, not hyperbole.
Here are some facts in support of NFA’s contention, which I agree with (‘closer links’, indeed). The people of Australia will judge Albanese by his actions not his barely coherent words. ‘Communist dictator’ fits him and his coterie of wreckers to a T.
‘After nearly a decade of being controlled by those who were to become the Soft Left, the early 1980s saw the formation of an alternative power grouping. Led by Anthony Albanese, who was at the time shifting his focus from student politics to internal ALP politics, members of this grouping were soon to align themselves with the Hard Left. In general, this group was more concerned than the Soft Left with international issues, and maintained closer links with broader left-wing groups, such as the Communist Party of Australia, People for Nuclear Disarmament and the African National Congress.’
(Extract: Factions and Fractions: A Case Study of Power Politics in the Australian Labor Party by Andrew Leigh – AJPS Vol 35, No 3, 2000)
So… you think the vote in Oz is honest?
Would you please mind telling us about the Indian Gangs?
What sort of gangs and what are their revenue sources?
Are they India RedDot or Indian Native Tribes?
I’m genuinely curious.
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Compare the Indian gangs with the Somalian gangs here. Grifter and leaches every one of them.
Ethnic Tribal Criminal Organizations (ETCO). Just made that up, covers a lot of ground.
I believe the current government language is Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO), but I don’t think it truly captures the nature of the problem.
I’m not from Canada but I’m pretty sure they are the “Red Dots” from India. Please correct me if I’m wrong!
It breaks my heart to see what the Marxists have been allowed to do to our dear neighbors to the North! While we may make harsh comments about “the bloody Canadians” from time to time, I hope that you realize that it is your government that we despise and not the Canadian people.
As a Western Canadian, I thank you DW for your concern. I have the same distain for many of my countrymen as many here do. They really are a bunch of frightened sheep lead by creepy incestuous Laurentian elites.
Where this all ends up I have no idea. Just know that many Canadians are cheering President Trump on daily and I personally hopes that he slaps us silly with tariffs.
Also, what an absolute laugh riot your president is. Politics should be entertaining.
You must have seen him at the recent Republican leadership gathering. I caught snippets of it, and he was hilarious.😆
If your current government continues to abuse you, I would welcome Alberta as “North Montana!”
We have blue states that need to be freed right here in the USA. I’m really hoping we fix our elections here at home.
It all stems from Britain. It is like watching reverse evolution, destruction of DNA.
I agree ,
MADURO the CARNEY
PLEASE 🙏
I live near Canada and have visited many times. It breaks my heart to see such a great nation run into the ground by globalist fools. Unfortunately you can vote your way into Communism, but you’ve got to fight your way out.
I’ve heard it said that you’ve got to shoot your way out.
It is helpful to attain a legal indictment which is not easy with some claiming diplomatic immunity.
NY has had a legal indictment ( illegal drug related ) against Mad uro for about 5 years. A bounty was also in place for a long time to hopefully get an arrest by someone.
So, there are your steps to consider.
p.s.
some people made up reasons to indict trump and there were legal proceedings.. ( difference of political opinion based? )
Balsonaro has also faced legal challenges ( political based ).
The U.S. ( state of colorado) has a political prisoner ( peters ) related to the 2020 electioneering done by nefarious others ( incl venz lla ).
So, honest indictments do not have a clean pathway.
( but should, but don’t. Yet the Mad uro one happened, about 5 years ago )
Imho
Love thy neighbors
Hold the phone,….FL Gov, Ron DeSantis just stated today that FL is working up indictments on Maduro of their own,…. just in case NY drops the ball,… intentionally?
Meanwhile, the Bab Bee captures the Dem’s position on our jailed El Dictator perfectly here:
https://babylonbee.com/news/maduro-now-polling-as-most-popular-democrat
You are not alone. Living in Oregon I can identify with your pain.
My friend, it wouldn’t surprise me if President Trump did just that.
Abundantly clear that this is not an Iraq 2.0 now that the dust is settling. No one can fault Trump for trying to do anything within his power. What has congress been doing? 🦗 🦗 🦗
Calling their lawyers?
If they’re smart.
Hey!
There’s all those strongly worded letters!
From here it’s been known for a long time that Maduro and ‘partners’ have been a hub of the problems in our country.
The power of the left here is based on money taken from us directly (e.g. MN) or sent elsewhere and grifted (e.g., UKR), and these foreign hubs with income of their own coordinate.
In order to MAGA you have to go after these root sources of money-power which has been the big achievement of 2025 and continuing into 2026. Doomers cry about the thing not done yet but warfare is logistics.
In 1942 and 1943 we took terrible risks and losses degrading Germany’s factories before 1944 was possible. Similar analogy; I don’t attack a poison ivy problem by tearing at the leaves, but by cutting off the base. Later removing the outgrowth is possible.
IMHO, they’re probably busy checking their offshore bank accounts and trying to move illegally-obtained assets around to keep them hidden from the Trump-controlled elements of the DOJ.
Bingo!! Those extra retirement plans didn’t fund themselves, there is always a money trail if you ask the right questions.
😎
seeking ways to lose the midterms so they won’t be blamed for their lack of support.
The same combination of resources and prior 1st world investment that made Venezuela a target for communist takeover are also what will pull their bacon out of the fire now.
(and yes, politically this is superb; nobody would be happy with another ‘nation-building’ sinkhole but us helping make Venezuela great again is fine. “Our” team had best be ready to keep busy showing the good results for the people ’cause the left is going to spend every possible moment trying to spin the coverage. )
My kids over the holidays were all visiting CO from more gas-expensive parts of the country. They had never seen gas prices starting with $1.xx before…
Breaking the necks of the shitlib Venezuelan socialists is going to have some other important effects on Americans.
Gosh! It’s been so long since anyone has seen that!! Not since the last Trump admin!!
Yep filled up with $1.98 this morning a small chain is lowering to $1.25 for the weekend near Brighton.
IS that per Gallon??? in down under aus that is what we pay per litre!!!
Yes; gasoline prices in the United States are per gallon.
In the early 1900’s they used to sell fuel at the druggist’s shop by the quart jar.
I suspect your fuel price includes your “free or low cost” healthcare just like the UK.
Those taxes are not broken down so as to obfuscate how much is earmarked for particular things, your gas taxes just go into the “general” fund.
Looks like the UK has also since obfuscated the true % of fuel taxes earmarked for healthcare, I only remember it by the mad rush to convert vehicles to LPG to avoid the gas / healthcare taxes.
Which according to the breakdown on wiki, LPG for vehicles is included in taxation to avoid the workaround people in the UK found quickly.
(IIRC diesel was also excluded in the beginning hence lots of diesel cars in UK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_Australia
Got me beat. My local station just dropped to $1.999! Lowest price I’ve seen since Trump’s first term!
Not even within a moon shot of that, in WA. State!
A LOT longer than that here in Commifornia.
The kids weren’t driving much then. I remember, and told them that gas cost $0.57/gal when I was in high school (late 80’s oil glut)…$1.56 in today’s money.
Back in the early 1970s we could drive our old VW Bug hundreds of miles on $3.00 worth of gas — at 35 cents per gallon.
In 1977 we headed out to Albuquerque, New Mexico from St. Paul, Minnesota on a week long trip, with a grand total of $300 for gas, food and hotel rooms, and we came home with cash left-over to develop all our photographs!
Remember “gas wars” when gas stations would drop their prices ever lower to attract customers from the competition?
I recall my folks would pay 27 cents/gallon.
I’m actually quite surprised it’s that cheap in CO. You’d think that lib gov’t would have implemented the California tax code by now.
There’s a station at the 119 Longmont exit that’s routinely lower than the average, was $189.9 on Saturday night.
There is, or at least there used to be, a large Sinclair refinery along I-80 in Rawlins, in southern Wyoming. I would imagine it’s proximity to Colorado could be contributing to the lower gasoline prices there.
Fed taxes the same from state to state, CO is in the lowest level of state gas tax.
Pennsylvania is the winner for highest (2022) followed by CA
I see Ohio near the top. Figures.
Ohio decided my Chevy Volt wasn’t paying it’s “fair share” so added a “license fee” for hybrids.
Fair enough EXCEPT it is way higher than if it was pure gas burning and as we hybrid owners are a minority no chance in heck of ever getting it at parity.
Thanks to TABOR, the state is restricted to inflation growth in spending. If they increase gas taxes, they’ll collect too much revenue, and we’d all get bigger TABOR refunds.
They can’t. We have TABOR here. CO is also close to the WY and TX oil fields, so we benefit from the refineries and lower shipping costs.
I remember the outrage I had when gas went from 29¢ to 32¢ per gallon. Now I’m cheering that gas is dropping below $2/gallon. What a world!
Ditto! I used to fill my car for just under $3.00 for the week.
lol.
Must keep in mind the devaluation of the $$$.
It’s been decades in NY since it was $1.xx.
Yet if you look at My Magic Wand’s charts, NY is surprisingly in the lower to mid-range in State gas taxes.
That is shocking. What is happening? Did the greenies lose their lawsuits against Suncor et al? The greenies have been trying to shut down the Suncor refinery for several years. It is the only big refinery in the entire state of Colorado.
WOW!! I’ll never get tired of winning! PDJT is the master tactician!! 💁🏻♀️
@RobertMidgley07
14h
Major international developments are emerging after Labour’s Chagos defeat:
• Mauritius has been implicated in illicit financial dealings linked to Venezuela’s Maduro
• Whistleblower documents indicate China’s strategic interest beyond the 99-year lease period
• The Chagos Treaty undermines the Pelindaba Treaty, making AUKUS operations at Diego Garcia unlawful
The US must urgently reassess this avoidable strategic failure
https://nitter.poast.org/RobertMidgley07/status/2008545438232625485#m
U.S. must take these islands and declare the European left a NATO security threat.
This is a positive outcome. It is sad that Venezuelan citizens have experienced such a horrible criminal government, and I pray that they will be able to restore their historical Christian civilization.
I pray that we ALL restore our own Christian civilization.
Mother Mary pray for us!
Vorkosigan Brothers
Miles is military and political
Mark is economics business finance
which is Trump? his cabinet?
Points for “cryptic”.
WTH does it mean?
Trump should also get the goods on the thugs sent up here (and shove it up Boasberg’s butt) and Venezuela’s role in the stolen election of 2020.
A rising tide floats all boats. A concept the corrupt can’t grasp.
God bless the Venezuelan people!
They’re more interested in power.
Floating all boats is the last thing that corrupt totalitarians want to accomplish!
To put the scale of the Trump-Rubio restitution plan into perspective, U.S. domestic crude oil production is between 13-14 million barrels per day, so the 30-50 million our President is securing for the Venezuelan people represents only a couple of days of our production.
But when you consider that Venezuela’s population is only about 8% of the US, the 30-50 million barrels represents a pro rata windfall of about a month!
Imagine how everyday Americans would prosper if close to a trillion petro dollars was pumped into local economies, for better schools, more police, less potholes in roads!
That, my friends, is a pretty big deal!
2 billion would go a long way toward encouraging insiders to expose the election fraud machines.
lol
Great news!
Thank you, Sundance!
“Thank you for your attention to this matter”
Inside Maduro’s luxury socialist retreat: How dictator basked in ‘$1B fortune’ with ‘lavish Dominican Republic mansion’, Swiss watches and private jets – while his citizens faced poverty
It has nine bedrooms, each with its own bathroom and private terrace, a formal dining room, a living room, a gourmet kitchen, several open terraces and an infinity pool.
The gated community Maduro’s home sits in has a helipad, several restaurants, shops and spas, and offers 24-hour security.
It is also just around the corner from a Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course, named after the famed American player who is widely considered one of the greatest of all time.
Maduro has previously denied owning the property, stating: ‘If there were justice in this world, I would demand an investigation to determine who owns that mansion. I don’t have, and never will have, any property, money, or accounts anywhere in the world’.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15438011/Inside-Maduro-luxury-socialist-retreat.html
I wonder if Maduro can get a refund on that 24-hour security.
Recall Trump saying, over and over and over, we should’ve taken the oil from Iraq for all our sacrifice? Instead … !😡
I don’t recall that he was POTUS during that time 😉
I recall Bush saying the Iraqi oil would pay for his war. Never happened.
he wasn’t.
like every other opinion he expressed long before 2015, his views have never changed. Trump is the most well-known quantity, for consistency of views, to be Prez since Washington.
Venezuela has plenty of natural resources. There is no reason why US taxpayers should be called upon to prop up that country. All we need is someone like DJT who has the creativity to present a clever solution and “persuade” the Venezuelan government that it is in their best interest to play ball.
The ol’ carrot and stick is all we need, in order to turn Venezuela around. And this way, Congress can not vote to abandon Venezuela to the Marxists and their mayhem and murder, like they did to the South Vietnamese.
Is anyone getting tired of WINNING! In reality, this is about as good as it gets.
I credit President Trump with helping to make the Demon-o-rats feckless, and almost ending cancel culture and extreme leftists.
Does anyone have any news on that oil tanker The Marinera that left Venezuela and is on it’s way to Russia supposedly planning to dock in Murmansk?
It left Venezuela with no flag and was later flagged to Russia and is reportedly being escorted by a Russian submarine and is being followed by US military?
I first posted about it on yesterday’s Presidential Politics topic really late.
Here’s that link which includes a yt video from Military Summary Channel wherein Dima talks about it during the first 3 minutes.
He also tells about some serious US military that just got situated at a base in England.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/06/january-6th-2026-presidential-politics-trump-administration-day-352/comment-page-4/#comment-12323111
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The US seized that ship.
Special forces dropped down from helicopters.
Looking for better details.
Anyone heard anything?
So far RT is reporting it but not sure if the US is.
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Fox picked it up about an hour ago.
“Fox News reports that United States boarded the Russian-flagged Iranian-linked oil tanker, Marinera, this morning in the Northern Atlantic, before a flotilla of naval vessels could arrive to escort the ship from Russia.”
This account shows the flight radar map where they took off from England.
https://xcancel.com/RWApodcast/status/2008889451775479880#m
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One hour ago
“This Russian vessel originally identified as Bella-1 (now the Marinera) was boarded by U.S. military forces approximately 290 kilometers south of Iceland. The Russian Navy was reportedly unable to intervene in time to prevent the seizure.
The ship, now under control, is observed heading on an East-South-East course, potentially towards the Orkney or Shetland Islands, marking a direct confiscation of a Russian maritime asset by American forces.”
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The tanker left out of Venezuela with no flag.
At sea, the crew reportedly painted a flag Russian.
The Russian Defense Minister nor anyone else in authority has made any statement that I can find, although they are celebrating Orthodox Christmas today.
Data on the tanker:
Before 2026-01-03:
BELLA 1 (IMO 9230880), under flag of Guyana.
After 2026-01-03:
MARINERA (IMO 9230880), under flag of Russia.
Some reports are saying the tanker was full of oil, at least one million barrels, and other reports including those out of Russia are saying the tanker was not carrying oil and there were several civilians aboard.
Besides mainstream news sources, this is the only video available.
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Since oil revenues make up around 60% of Venezuela’s government funding, 47 has effectively taken control of the treasury function (cash management) of the Venezuelan government. The model for this would appear to be General MacArthur’s total financial control of the Japanese government during the post WW2 occupation of Japan. Interesting approach, eliminating invasion, war, and surrender, and simply proceeding directly to the post-war financial management phase with very little loss of life. Brilliant.
To say how brilliant this move is not only an understatement, but fan-freaking-tastic!
Tomorrow’s meeting of the oil companies with Secretary of Energy Chris Wright will be must-see-tv….
Well, maybe only for us policy & strategy wonks.
GOOD TIMES!
Well this is not good, government sanctioned attacks on Trump supporters in Venezuela, and arrests. Hardly reconciles with the announcement of this plan:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15440735/Venezuela-motorcycle-gangs-hunt-Trump-supporters.html
Proceed with caution. There’s always going to be some internal strife, back and forth, conflict. Remember our own antifa vs Trump supporter battles, and DOJ interventions… etc. etc.
Keep reports in context. Venezuela is a hot mess. Progress will not be easy.
The Venezuelan people are engaging at this very moment. I talked with a family from Caracas today. They absolutely love 47. As do the majority of Mexican people. Gonna be a rough few months….but They will be able to return home. Soon. 2 are leaving this weekend. President Trump and America have given them hope! God is on their side.
Gracias Dios
Can We the People obtain similar restitution from the UNIPARTY CONGRESS CRITTERS who accomplished the nations 37 trillion deficit from which they enriched themselves?
IMHO Trump is doing just that, piece by piece, step by step (tariffs, bringing manufacturing home, securing our borders, wrangling election fraud, blasting corrupt blue states, etc.)
And that should put a cork in the No Wars For Oil crowd.
But will it?
JMO.
Just the latest genius move by our G.O.A.T. President Trump to defund the democrat / RINO, communist party in the USA.
First came the D.O.G.E. removable of their USAID piggybank of Continued Resolution (CR) funds.
Then came, using the tariffs, returning to the USA’s treasury the unconstitutional CIA’s foreign cash caches from Europe, Japan and South Korea to the tune of $1.5 trillion
Presto, the democrat / RINOs communist political party in the US is BROKE.
Watch in real time, President Trump’s reshaping of the political battlefield for 2026 / 2028.
MAGA / America First, not just our motto, it is our duty!
Don’t stop there, make a similar plan happen here in all of our corrupt blue States.
I hate to be the pessimist and I know implementing a program will take time. I trust President Trump implicitly but we haven’t even touched the tip of the spear with US Fraud. Once that money leaves his hands and other parties are tasked to distribute it…..how does he possibly keep it fraud proof? Let’s clean up our own backyard first!
Venezuela is in our backyard.
No matter how great PDJT makes America again, if we are surrounded by bad actor, criminal, corrupt nations the we are in a horrible neighborhood.
Would you purchase a beautiful home in a neighborhood surrounded by criminals, drug traffickers, cartels, human traffickers, and evil people that would rather accumulate $$$$$ and see their children starve? Your answer should be NO.
Why do you think that PDJT is incapable of walking a chewing gum at the same time?
President Trump readily exemplifies Teddy Roosevelt’s ‘The Man in the Arena’ with his “daring greatly’ deeds to truly Make America Great Again.
Yes indeed! He’s the T Rex of the 21st Cent! If you haven’t seen it, watch The Wind and the Lion sometime. Brian Keith did an excellent job playing TR. Fabulous scenes of the Marines landing and jogging to the Emir’s palace to take him prisoner, while the monocle’d European diplomats on their Juliet balconies watch, asking what does it all mean. Great movie.
What a Great president The BEST leader of our country,
IF the citizens get it.
Do you honestly think that PDJT is so stupid that he hasn’t though of that?
Amen!
Who will be able to replace our President when the time comes? He’s the greatest president since Eisenhower and that includes Reagan who helped save our nation and the world from the Soviets. Leaders such as Trump are irreplaceable.
I’m sure there will be no unintended consequences from pirating this oil. Many of you have become as phony as the left, because if there was a dem as prez who did this y’all would be howling and you would be right.
Pirating? Phony? Howling? Divisive comment IMHO.
Is that how Michael is spelled by Proud Texan? 🤣
A critic is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men.
There is logic in this; he is unbiased, he hates all creative people equally.
Robert A. Heinlein
Can you write more platitudes that miss the mark and say nothing?
I did not write it. I did credit the author.
Sorry you are unable see the parallel.
I’ll try again.
I’ll bet you would bitch if you were hanged with a brand new rope.
Principles are a sticky thing for you. You know. America First, ect. It seems to make you uncomfortable when others value them and will not abide when they are violated. I have met people like this. They are usually the first to compromise.
You have incredible mind reading abilities!
Now tell us something positive you would do to make the world a better place or is complaining the limit of your skills?
A com-dem would obfus skate that they did so:
– hun ter u k r. chy nah deal$
– bran done u k r deal$
– clin tonne uranium deal$
– fast and furiou$
– bra done open borders ( allowing drug, human etc trafficing )
– haitti earthquake recovery (billy see, absconding the people etc).
Trump is transparent, Mad uro is in jail due to 5 year drug indictment. There is a cost for lengthy illegalities…many of the costs ( lost lives due to drugs ) are not replaceable.
Imho
The key part of President Trump’s announcement was where he said that the $2 billion in revenue “will be controlled by me, as President of the United States…”.
This will not be a Globalist, UniParty money laundering operation that loots our treasury (our tax money) for the benefit of government grifters.
That sound you hear in the distance is all 100 Senators sobbing in their Cheerios.
It’s just a slush fund created by Trump for his billionaire buddies! (/sarc)
This sounds like an echo of what we did with Iraq (where I spent a lot of time protecting their petroleum infrastructure).
PDJT47 needs to connect the Venezuelan situation to something every day Americans can appreciate – the sharp decline in drug overdose deaths and violent crime as the Venezuelan pipeline is closed. Stephen Miller brought this up the other day in an interview, and that point needs to be driven home over and over. Ma and Pa Sixpack aren’t sitting at the kitchen table discussing the Monroe/Donroe Doctrine, they’re discussing the latest OD death of someone they knew. He’s got to make it relatable to them.
He can’t. America First and its ideals are fracturing for many. It began with Iran this summer and it has continued. This 3 or 5 or 10 percent will stay home and go back to there lives not trusting any politician or party. The “low propensity voter” which was a vital piece of the coalition in ’24. We had an opening to fundamentally course correct and transform this country and I fear we have failed.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
“I fear we have failed”
No, you know all too well that Team USA has won.
And for Pete’s sake, stop pretending elections aren’t rigged and fake.
That dog is about to stop hunting.
Blue Origin.
If you actually read the attached before you posted, you would see Sundance illustrated how this is nothing at all like Iraq.
The embargoed oil will be sold at market price, the money will be used to fund the infrastructure and needs of Venezuelan citizens as it should be. This is a form of forced restitution for the illicit Maduro government that abused its citizens for years. This strategy is brilliant.
If you actually read the attached before you posted, you would see Sundance illustrated how this is nothing at all like Iraq.
The embargoed oil will be sold at market price, the money will be used to fund the infrastructure and needs of Venezuelan citizens as it should be. This is a form of forced restitution by the illicit Maduro government that abused its citizens for years. This strategy is brilliant.
If you actually read what I wrote before you
kneejerkedposted (twice), you would see that I said, “It SOUNDS LIKE AN ECHO of what we did in Iraq.”We didn’t seize the oil in Iraq, we allowed Iraq to export their oil and use the profits to improve their situation. In Venezuela, we are allowing the Venezuelans to export their oil and use the profits to improve their situation. Can you see the similarity in the approach?
Whatever else we did in Iraq, we didn’t go to war for oil. Nor did we grab Maduro for oil.
The deal is China stops shipping fentanyl precursors to Central and South America in return for access to Venezuelan heavy crude, and we all use the current round of sales proceeds to rebuild the infrastructure necessary to pump it. Everyone prospers, and Opium War 2.0 ( a British City of London specialty) gets a fork stuck in it.
Hopefully directly into some MI6 operative’s hind quarters.
And all the Venezuelans go home and prosper too.
Win. Win. Win.
There is no such deal. You don’t need to add Q crazy to the mix. Just enjoy the legitimate winning.
Access to Venezuelan crude is not a question. The US eased sanctions on Venezuelan crude so that Chevron (in a joint venture) could produce and export crude to be refined in the US. The Venezuelan crude resumed flowing to the US in 2023.
Refineries in the US take in crude from various countries including Saudi Arabia and Nigeria to name a couple.
BTW, I do not expect energy infrastructure repairs and upgrade to take much of the ten years suggested. If sanctions are taken off and Venezuela is allowed to exist as a normal nation, the pace of the work should nearly match the availability of the materials and permits. I would expect large portions to be replaced rather than repaired. US companies in the oil and gas business will be partnering. (Bet on that.) They are notoriously efficient.
Sounds like something we need here from the corrupt….
We can start the restitution needed to make the J6 patriots whole…
Then we can move on to all the fraud that as taken place….
Restitution can be made from the DNC and all their party leadership….
After their arrest, conviction, and punishment….
NO MERCY!
Just think, money the democraps can’t get their grimy fingers on!
Trump is a shrewd and brilliant man.
Lib News Network in 3, 2, 1, “Trump Steals Venezuelan Oil to Fund Regime Change Scheme”
In the brilliant words of the late great Andrew Breitbart; “So?”
Liars lie. We should be used to it, we should be mocking it. We should be pushing back on it with Truth.
What we should NOT be doing is sitting around marinating in outrage by it.
Last time I looked, the US Treasury was holding a few billion $$$s in money from sanctions on Venezuela and the Maduro regime. It is held on account for a post-Maduro Venezuela when sanctions will come off.
So there’s that.
Listen to Luongo’s analysis of the strategic implications of Venezuelan oil for China, and what the deal parameters probably look like (minute 4 forward).
There is a reason POTUS specifically mentioned that China would have access to the Venezuelan heavy crude (necessary to its shipping and its naval patrols)
This is deconfliction into spheres of influence, with supporting guarantee infrastructure like Japan guardrails.
Meaning POTUS and Xi reached a deal. Or at least, a temporary truce while the two countries take out a joint enemy.
This methodology is a movement in the right direction. It mirrors what I respond to every electronic request for more of my donations to political types – Here it is below and I put it in quotes. Please feel free use it if you’d like.
No MIGA, ONLY MAGA AND STOP GIVING MONEY AND SUPPORT TO Israel genocide in Gaza. Out of Ukraine and no money to any country, only loans with real collateral. You can’t eat their good will. I will start sending money again when I see some movements on my above points.
Happy New Year to all!
BRAVO!!!!! We don’t deserve him, but we should try to be worthy.
Folks, you can paint as much lipstick on this pig as you want…………BUT this will always be remembered as piracy, kidnapping and theft.
Lawlessness begets lawlessness.
US policy for the ‘others’ will, eventually be applied to the homeland.
Paint away, gaslight away……….BUT you are encouraging behavior and policies that will eventually be applied to you!
40 yrs as cop working the streets…..it’s not lawlessness when the acts are justified. Figure out where you stand.
Deceased President GHW Bush, who successfully and legally indicted, arrested, convicted and jailed Panama’s drug thug dictator, Noriega with no known Blow-back to date,….. is unavailable for comment.
But,…. Google is your friend,… look it up.
Just as important, all purchases of this oil will be made in US dollars .. and not in euros or yuan
One of the most threatening things Venezuela was doing was actively promoting de-dollarization, which combined with our huge debt problem could break our economy
Everybody knows Democrats would have NEVER done this! Everybody, including non-Republicans, that the Mid-Terms decide if Trump ends with more improvements for America or being savaged by non-stop impeachments! If you want 100’s more “immigrants” invading the country, if you want $5 gasoline, $15 dollar dozen of eggs, DEI running every school in the country, the rapid erosion of private property rights, near depression level financial conditions, then you’d better vote Republican. Voting Democrat for even 1 office enables a prompt return to Biden-On-Steroids. Kongress is useless because they are unhappy that Ukraine is ending and so is their money. You and your loved ones CAN BE SAVED, but not by Trump; BY YOUR OWN VOTE!
Hmmmmmmm!
Coming to America soon?
How do we get the criminals, the corrupt in this country to pay back all they have stolen from us? How do we get the British Crown to pay for it’s tyranny and colonialism, and financial debt system that they locked us all into through the central banking system amd the Fed?
I would say……keep watching and paying attention.
Did Melania try to tell us something during the Christmas Party when she eloquently, and so beautifully….as she always is……wore a shimmering SILVER dress?
Have YOU been watching silver?
What about what Trump did with the Fed in his first term removing certain functions from the Fed and placing them in the Treasury? And then, never doing anything with that the rest of his term…
It’s as though……he knew he would be back!
And…..what does that move do? What if…..the way they control is taken from them and what makes the system run is removed?
Yes….I’m speaking of the fiat dollar that the Fed just prints causing us deeper dept everytime they need more money. What if THAT was removed?
What if…….the dollar goes away and it’s replaced with Treasury Notes…..backed by……SILVER! And gold and other precious metals as well!
So much for the buying power and or compromising of those around them to do dirty work when the dollar is gone and they…the British Crown no longer control the levers!
This IS why they are all crying…..their system is being dismantled by a master and his team!
Lemme get this straight. The same people who helped Maduro ship drugs to America are gonna give us oil which we can sell and then we’re gonna give that money back to these same criminals to supposedly help the people of Venezuela.
I love Trump but please, make it make sense.
The most obvious explanation is that he means to do to their government criminals what he’s been doing to ours: if the money keeps going to crime instead of to its intended function, it eventually gets cut off.
At the very least, he’s splitting them up: some of them will cooperate with Trump and the Venezuelan people, some will fight openly (and be picked off), some will pretend to cooperate publicly while fighting privately… Again, very like our own “Deep State” and “International Community”, so we should predict similar results.
Nope.
The criminals won’t get the money.
President Trump controls who gets the money.
I am presuming that his administration has already vetted some trustworthy Venezuelan folks who will spend the money to rebuild the infrastructure of their country.
We’re TAKING the oil from them and selling it to fund the relief/reconstruction efforts. Much of the oil is already above ground in storage tanks and apparently quite a bit is already on ships – also being used for storage. The remaining regime holdovers know they have no power but keeping them in their positions makes navigating solutions such as this far easier and far less chaotic.