President Trump framed the removal of Maduro as a victory for American economic hegemony, pointing to Venezuela’s estimated 300 billion barrels of oil reserves—the largest in the world.
And let’s not forget the SmartMatic software developed by Chavez and continued by Maduro to affect untold numbers of worldwide elections over the last 20 or so years.
Time to press hard on smaller, modular nuclear facilities. Paid hatchet men lie with respect to the viability, the cost, and the safety of new nuclear powerplants because their financiers are invested in fossil fuels. The higher the percentage of energy supplied by nuclear, the safer and cleaner the environment is for the citizens. Also, the bottom falls out on the demand for fossil fuels, which undercuts Putin's efforts, as well as cuts off some of the cash flow to the Arab nations that fund attacks on US property and citizens, both at home and abroad. It is a win-win scenario for the American public.
Nearly all of my adult life has witnessed an American military hamstrung by Globalist-required rules of engagement and countless casualties. Now Trump is unleashing our “terrible swift sword” for righteous defense!
Sorry Roger, but sychophantic mental gymnastics making greed sound benevolent won't work. As well, this seems like more distraction from the jew-mass murdering in Gaza.
Does the US never learn? Conservatives come to power controlled by the elites resulting in greater income disparity. Jump forward a few years and the left easily sweeps into power. Rinse and repeat time and time again. It has happened in every country you mentioned.
The US could easily have worked with Chavez from the beginning but no, they decided it was better to destroy their economy - another case of the economic hitmen.
And now they pretend Maduro broke some US narco law when the guy was not even in the US. Even if we assume he was involved with the cartels, his capture will not dissuade one drug user to stop. The US tried a direct approach in Colombia a couple of decades ago via Plan Colombia and it failed miserably.
Trump is simply the strongest bully on the block and for now no one is strong enough to stop his bullying.
Greatest income disparity occurs in communist and dictator-run countries like Cuba and the old Soviet Union with one elite, wealthy ruling class and everyone else treated as peasants. Venezuela was ground into extreme poverty under Chavez, who never wanted to work with these United States, and Maduro- industries seized, oil production down from 3 million barrels to 1 million. Capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty than every other economic system. Naive to believe that actions of narco-terrorists in countries like Colombia and Venezuela do not affect these United States.
Iam not questioning socialism or capitalism just pointing out that in Latin America countries simply cycle between both because neither system as practiced thre lifts people out of poverty.
The so called narco terrorists only affect Ameruca as it pertains to street crime. Legalize and control drugs and they are out of business.
The International Arbitration Court has ruled that Venezuela owes ExxonMobile $2 billion for its nationalized infrastructure and ConocoPhillips less than $9 billion for its nationalized infrastructure. There is no way that Trump is justified in trying to claim that the U.S. is entitled to Venezuela's 300+ billion barrels of untapped oil reserves. That would be pure piracy. But, we can expect that Trump will try to steal as much of Venezuela's oil as he can, just as he is currently doing in Syria.
You just state that oil companies alone, not counting other companies, is owed $9 billion, yet you write that there is no justification for recouping the stolen assets. Only the kleptocrat dems steal and commit the fraud with impunity and the press covering and excusing the steal. Republicans are always held, and hold themselves, to much higher standards. Don't let the TDS get the best of you.
Apparently, numbers are not your forte. -- I stated that ExxonMobile and ConocoPhillips were arbitrated around $11 billion for their infrastructure which was nationalized by Venezuela. I do not dispute that this sum should be collected by them, nor that amounts owed to other concerns should be collected by those concerns. China, for example, currently owns $23 billion worth of Venezuela’s foreign debt. The economic sanctions placed on Venezuela during Trump's first term have made it all but impossible for Venezuela to satisfy these arbitrations and other debts.
In contrast, Trump is demanding that ALL of Venezuela's 300+ billion BARRELS of untapped oil reserves be controlled by the U.S. That is hundreds of billions of dollars more than the oil companies are owed for their nationalized infrastructure. Trump and the U.S. have no right to ALL of Venezuela's untapped oil reserves. This would be outright piracy. I would have to agree with Micheal Yon's statement yesterday that Trump is a gangster. That's not TDS, that's the truth. And, Trump is still stealing oil from Syria.
Btw, I'm an independent conservative who will never vote for the current crop of Dumbocraps. But, I'm certainly not a Trump sycophant, as you apparently are.
In any government taking, the person or entity that is forced to give up their ownership is Never compensated to the value of their loss because the amount that is given/owed, doesn’t take into account future market value. It takes away value added opportunities and decisions that continued ownership allows. Future plans are destroyed and there is no ability to make up for an unexpected change like that. You seem to see it as a windfall. I can tell you that a government taking is never a windfall.
This wasn’t Baghdad 2003. It was Medellín with a warrant. Regime change is when Washington topples a government and then sticks around to run the place. What Trump did was remove a narco-dictator and drag him into a U.S. courtroom—then stop. No constitution rewrite. No forever occupation. No trillion-dollar lecture tour on democracy. The Left hates this because it worked and didn’t fit their morality play. Trump proved you can project power without bleeding the country dry. Maduro wasn’t “overthrown.” He was arrested. That distinction terrifies the permanent foreign-policy class—and should.
Oh, yeah, Pres Trump is going in there with a giant vacuum (produced by Ronco, no doubt) and suck up 300 billion barrels of oil. Slow your roll, Ed "Liz (Cheney)" Pare. Once you, Yon and Liz go down the rabbit hole of conspiracy and rank speculation, you believe anything. Well, at least, you did agree that the companies which had billions seized illegally are entitled to compensation. Apparently, you cannot discern exaggeration from negotiation. As Dan Bongino said, "you should take Pres Trump seriously but not literally". You can't see the difference and only take the "oh, well, I never..." Lincoln project line and the bait.
And let’s not forget the SmartMatic software developed by Chavez and continued by Maduro to affect untold numbers of worldwide elections over the last 20 or so years.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jessicareedkraus?r=2f3df4&utm_medium=ios
Maduro was arrested and charged with narco-terrorism, he is the head of his country's drug cartel.
Excellent post.
Time to press hard on smaller, modular nuclear facilities. Paid hatchet men lie with respect to the viability, the cost, and the safety of new nuclear powerplants because their financiers are invested in fossil fuels. The higher the percentage of energy supplied by nuclear, the safer and cleaner the environment is for the citizens. Also, the bottom falls out on the demand for fossil fuels, which undercuts Putin's efforts, as well as cuts off some of the cash flow to the Arab nations that fund attacks on US property and citizens, both at home and abroad. It is a win-win scenario for the American public.
Great article Mr. Stone. 👊
Nearly all of my adult life has witnessed an American military hamstrung by Globalist-required rules of engagement and countless casualties. Now Trump is unleashing our “terrible swift sword” for righteous defense!
Sorry Roger, but sychophantic mental gymnastics making greed sound benevolent won't work. As well, this seems like more distraction from the jew-mass murdering in Gaza.
Does the US never learn? Conservatives come to power controlled by the elites resulting in greater income disparity. Jump forward a few years and the left easily sweeps into power. Rinse and repeat time and time again. It has happened in every country you mentioned.
The US could easily have worked with Chavez from the beginning but no, they decided it was better to destroy their economy - another case of the economic hitmen.
And now they pretend Maduro broke some US narco law when the guy was not even in the US. Even if we assume he was involved with the cartels, his capture will not dissuade one drug user to stop. The US tried a direct approach in Colombia a couple of decades ago via Plan Colombia and it failed miserably.
Trump is simply the strongest bully on the block and for now no one is strong enough to stop his bullying.
Greatest income disparity occurs in communist and dictator-run countries like Cuba and the old Soviet Union with one elite, wealthy ruling class and everyone else treated as peasants. Venezuela was ground into extreme poverty under Chavez, who never wanted to work with these United States, and Maduro- industries seized, oil production down from 3 million barrels to 1 million. Capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty than every other economic system. Naive to believe that actions of narco-terrorists in countries like Colombia and Venezuela do not affect these United States.
Iam not questioning socialism or capitalism just pointing out that in Latin America countries simply cycle between both because neither system as practiced thre lifts people out of poverty.
The so called narco terrorists only affect Ameruca as it pertains to street crime. Legalize and control drugs and they are out of business.
The International Arbitration Court has ruled that Venezuela owes ExxonMobile $2 billion for its nationalized infrastructure and ConocoPhillips less than $9 billion for its nationalized infrastructure. There is no way that Trump is justified in trying to claim that the U.S. is entitled to Venezuela's 300+ billion barrels of untapped oil reserves. That would be pure piracy. But, we can expect that Trump will try to steal as much of Venezuela's oil as he can, just as he is currently doing in Syria.
You just state that oil companies alone, not counting other companies, is owed $9 billion, yet you write that there is no justification for recouping the stolen assets. Only the kleptocrat dems steal and commit the fraud with impunity and the press covering and excusing the steal. Republicans are always held, and hold themselves, to much higher standards. Don't let the TDS get the best of you.
Apparently, numbers are not your forte. -- I stated that ExxonMobile and ConocoPhillips were arbitrated around $11 billion for their infrastructure which was nationalized by Venezuela. I do not dispute that this sum should be collected by them, nor that amounts owed to other concerns should be collected by those concerns. China, for example, currently owns $23 billion worth of Venezuela’s foreign debt. The economic sanctions placed on Venezuela during Trump's first term have made it all but impossible for Venezuela to satisfy these arbitrations and other debts.
In contrast, Trump is demanding that ALL of Venezuela's 300+ billion BARRELS of untapped oil reserves be controlled by the U.S. That is hundreds of billions of dollars more than the oil companies are owed for their nationalized infrastructure. Trump and the U.S. have no right to ALL of Venezuela's untapped oil reserves. This would be outright piracy. I would have to agree with Micheal Yon's statement yesterday that Trump is a gangster. That's not TDS, that's the truth. And, Trump is still stealing oil from Syria.
Btw, I'm an independent conservative who will never vote for the current crop of Dumbocraps. But, I'm certainly not a Trump sycophant, as you apparently are.
In any government taking, the person or entity that is forced to give up their ownership is Never compensated to the value of their loss because the amount that is given/owed, doesn’t take into account future market value. It takes away value added opportunities and decisions that continued ownership allows. Future plans are destroyed and there is no ability to make up for an unexpected change like that. You seem to see it as a windfall. I can tell you that a government taking is never a windfall.
This government taking is unlawful; so, your opinion is simply blah-blah...
Ya right. Maduro was indicted in Mew York in 2020. He was a wanted man. Trump is taking out the trash. It took you all day to come up with this lame comment. Why don’t you just say Maduro was kidnapped? So arresting a person is a taking? https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5670864-nicolas-maduro-narco-terrorism-charges-read/
By government taking, I was referring to Trump taking Venezuela's oil, NOT the abduction of Maduro. Why are you unable to read and comprehend English?
This wasn’t Baghdad 2003. It was Medellín with a warrant. Regime change is when Washington topples a government and then sticks around to run the place. What Trump did was remove a narco-dictator and drag him into a U.S. courtroom—then stop. No constitution rewrite. No forever occupation. No trillion-dollar lecture tour on democracy. The Left hates this because it worked and didn’t fit their morality play. Trump proved you can project power without bleeding the country dry. Maduro wasn’t “overthrown.” He was arrested. That distinction terrifies the permanent foreign-policy class—and should.
Great point.
It’s devastatingly simple.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theladylayman/p/maduro-gets-extradited-to-pettytown?r=64bg90&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
Oh, yeah, Pres Trump is going in there with a giant vacuum (produced by Ronco, no doubt) and suck up 300 billion barrels of oil. Slow your roll, Ed "Liz (Cheney)" Pare. Once you, Yon and Liz go down the rabbit hole of conspiracy and rank speculation, you believe anything. Well, at least, you did agree that the companies which had billions seized illegally are entitled to compensation. Apparently, you cannot discern exaggeration from negotiation. As Dan Bongino said, "you should take Pres Trump seriously but not literally". You can't see the difference and only take the "oh, well, I never..." Lincoln project line and the bait.