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herding cats

(19,567 posts)
3. I'm pretty sure Russia has been buying up Venezuela at fire sale prices.
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 06:12 PM
Aug 2017

At least their oil resources, which is all they have of real value. Which should insulate them from military actions from Trump.

sinkingfeeling

(51,473 posts)
5. Did he give a reason? Why can he threaten other countries yet
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 06:22 PM
Aug 2017

North Korea has to be blown off the map for doing the same?

hunter

(38,326 posts)
11. How is a nation broken by climate change, low oil prices, and corruption...
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 07:58 PM
Aug 2017

... any threat to the U.S.A.?

I can't help but notice that Trump only threatens those who are in no position to fight back.

It reminds me of my middle and high school days. I was a skinny, squeaky, clumsy, and highly reactive kid, thus a favorite target for the bullies.

They knew they could call me queerbait and beat me bloody with impunity.

Hell, there were so-called adults in the schools who told me that all my problems would go away if I learned how to act like a "man." I could be covered with mud, my clothes torn, kicked and bruised, footprints on my back, and they'd imply it was somehow my fault?



I'm absolutely certain Trump grew up in an environment where bullying was mistaken for strength and I'd cry for his children if they didn't believe the same. I know people who grew up in hellish environments and chose not to carry on those family traditions. Trump is not one of those people. His dad sucked, he sucks, and his adult sons suck like holes into the emptiness of hell.

Paladin

(28,272 posts)
12. He probably still thinks we can invade Venezuela and..."take their oil."
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 08:10 PM
Aug 2017

Rex Tillerson, former CEO of Exxon/Mobil, can inform trump that's not how it works. But he probably won't.

DFW

(54,436 posts)
13. I'm sure Trump wouldn't rule out a military option in Luxembourg, either.
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 09:27 PM
Aug 2017

I wouldn't rule out his being led out of the Oval Office in a straitjacket beforehand, though.

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