‘What an #Authoritarian #Oligarchy Looks Like’: #Trump Says #OilExecs Tipped Off About #Venezuela Attack

“I can’t begin to tell you how insane this is,” said one critic. “He did not inform #Congress but he’s saying he informed the #OilCompanies.”

by Jon Queally
Jan 05, 2026

Excerpt: " 'I can’t begin to tell you how insane this is,' said Fred Wellman, an Army combat veteran now running for Congress as a Democrat in Missouri. 'He did not inform Congress, but he’s saying he informed the oil companies.'

" 'Keep in mind who he means,' Wellman added. 'The #billionaire #MegaDonor that just got control of #Citgo. Our service members were used directly to move the interests of Trump’s #donors.'

" 'The oil companies were notified before Congress,' said Melanie D’Arrigo, executive director of the Campaign for New York Health. 'This is what an authoritarian oligarchy looks like.' "

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-says-oil-companies-tipped-off-venezuela

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#Trump’s former #Russia adviser says Russia offered US free rein in #Venezuela in exchange for #Ukraine

"The Kremlin will be 'thrilled' with the idea that large countries — such as Russia, the United States and China — get spheres of influence because it proves 'might makes right,' " - Fiona Hill.

By EMMA BURROWS, January 6, 2026

"Russian officials indicated in 2019 that the Kremlin would be willing to back off from its support for #NicolásMaduro in Venezuela in exchange for a free hand in Ukraine, according to #FionaHill, an adviser to President Donald Trump at the time.

"The Russians repeatedly floated the idea of a 'very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine,' Hill said during a congressional hearing in 2019. Her comments surfaced again this week and were shared on social media after the U.S. stealth operation to capture Maduro.

"Hill said Russia pushed the idea through articles in Russian media that referenced the #MonroeDoctrine — a 19th century principle in which the U.S. opposed European meddling in the Western Hemisphere and in return agreed to stay out of European affairs. It was invoked by Trump to justify the #USIntervention in Venezuela."

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https://apnews.com/article/russia-venezuela-putin-maduro-fiona-hill-b26a94ceaba69c6ddd9193e2b31cb97f

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#BernieSanders: US Attack on #Venezuela Is Rank #Imperialism

This brazen violation of international law gives a green light to any nation on earth that may wish to attack another country to seize their resources or change their governments.

by Bernie Sanders, January 3, 2026

"Donald Trump has, once again, shown his contempt for the #Constitution and the rule of law. The President of the United States does NOT have the right to unilaterally take this country to war, even against a corrupt and brutal dictator like Maduro. The United States does NOT have the right, as Trump stated this morning, to 'run' Venezuela. Congress must immediately pass a #WarPowers resolution to end this illegal military operation and reassert its constitutional responsibilities.

"Trump’s attack on Venezuela will make the #UnitedStates and the world less safe. This brazen violation of international law gives a green light to any nation on earth that may wish to attack another country to seize their #resources or change their governments. This is the horrific logic of force that #Putin used to justify his brutal attack on #Ukraine.

"Trump and his administration have often said they want to revive the #MonroeDoctrine, claiming the United States has the right to dominate the affairs of the hemisphere. They have spoken openly about controlling Venezuela’s oil reserves, the largest in the world. This is rank imperialism. It recalls the darkest chapters of #USInterventions in #LatinAmerica, which have left a terrible legacy. It will and should be condemned by the democratic world.

Trump campaigned for president on an '#AmericaFirst' platform. He claimed to be the 'peace candidate.' At a time when 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, when our #healthcare system is collapsing, when people cannot afford #housing and when #AI threatens millions of jobs, it is time for the president to focus on the crises facing this country and end this #MilitaryAdventurism abroad. Trump is failing in his job to 'run' the United States. He should not be trying to 'run' Venezuela."

Listen:
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/bernie-sanders-venezuela-attack

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#Trump's Plan to Seize #Greenland Would "Militarize the Arctic," Trample #IndigenousRights

#DemocracyNow, January 7, 2026

"Following the U.S. attack on Venezuela, the Trump administration has renewed its campaign to take over Greenland, which has been controlled by Denmark for more than 300 years. The White House says it’s considering 'a range of options,' including the use of military force. Danish Prime Minister #MetteFrederiksen has warned that if the U.S. were to attack Greenland, it would spell the end of #NATO.

" 'Greenland is not up for sale,' says #AajuPeter, a Greenlandic #Inuit activist and attorney, who says #IndigenousGreenlanders want their independence from both the U.S. and Denmark.

"We also speak with analyst Pavel Devyatkin, who says the U.S. is 'acting like a #RogueState' and enacting a policy of 'pure imperialism.' "

Read more / watch / listen:
http://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/7/greenland_trump

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White House discussing "range of options" for acquiring #Greenland, including U.S. military takeover by force, Leavitt says

By Gabrielle Ake,
Updated on: January 6, 2026

Excerpt: "Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark, has once again become a point of heated international discussion, after White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told CNN on Monday it's 'the formal position of the U.S. government ... that Greenland should be part of the United States,' and after Mr. Trump this weekend said the U.S. needs Greenland.

"Denmark has long rebuffed the Trump administration's interest in Greenland, reiterating that rebuke this week. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said an American military move to seize control of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance. Denmark is a NATO member, and NATO's Article 5 states that if a NATO ally suffers an armed attack, all members will consider it an attack on them as well and do what they need to aid the attacked nation.

" 'If the United States chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops,' Frederiksen told local media on Monday. 'That is, including our NATO, and thus the security that has been provided since the end of the Second World War.' "

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/greenland-white-house-discussing-range-of-options-including-u-s-military-takeover-force/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

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The List of Countries #Trump Is Threatening With War Keeps Growing

President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of getting out of foreign wars. He keeps talking about starting more of them.

by Jonah Valdez, January 6 2026

"President Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed 'Peace President,' detonated his own #AmericaFirst campaign promise of '#NoNewWars' over the weekend with an act of war in Venezuela.

The U.S. military attacked Venezuela early Saturday morning, abducting its leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, who now face narco-terrorism charges in a New York federal court. Eighty Venezuelan and Cuban citizens were killed by U.S. gunfire and airstrikes.

"At least one U.S. missile struck an apartment building in the port city of Catia La Mar, killing an 80-year-old woman as she slept, seriously injuring another and displacing residents, according to The Associated Press. Trump described the attack as 'successful' and 'perfectly executed.'
A growing number of legal experts and lawmakers have called Saturday’s bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of Maduro illegal under both international law and the U.S. Constitution.

"And yet, the Trump administration is already threatening further military action against Venezuela and other sovereign nations in pursuit of his so-called '#DonroeDoctrine,' the refashioning of the 1823 #MonroeDoctrine, which American leaders with #imperialist ambitions have used to justify #USOccupations across #LatinAmerica throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.

" 'Under our new national security strategy, American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again,' Trump said Saturday at a press conference following the attack on Venezuela. 'Under the Trump administration, we are reasserting American power in a very powerful way in our home region.'

"Though Trump campaigned on the promise of ending foreign wars, even before the attack on Venezuela, his second term has been defined by a ruthless and interventionist approach.
He has already ordered military strikes in #Iran, #Iraq, #Nigeria, #Somalia, #Syria and #Yemen. Before abducting Maduro, the U.S. military attacked a Venezuelan port, and killed more than 100 civilians in bombings in the #CaribbeanSea and #PacificOcean. In addition, Trump continues to arm #Israel as it violates the ceasefire with Hamas, grinding the #genocide in #Gaza into a third year.
Mere hours before the U.S. bombed Venezuela on Saturday, Trump threatened to attack Iran over its violent crackdowns on protesters, writing on social media that the U.S. is 'locked and loaded and ready to go.'

"And since carrying out Venezuela raid, the Trump administration has taken aim at Cuba and #Colombia, hinted at intervention in #Mexico, renewed annexation aspirations in #Greenland, and reiterated threats to Iran."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/06/trump-wars-venezuela-colombia-cuba-iran/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Mpyhi

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With the seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker in international waters, the USA has now turned into a rogue state engaging in piracy on the high seas. The US gov is acting the same as Tripoli circa 1800, whose crimes of piracy back then, elicited the First Barbary War. How far the USA has figuratively sunk is palpable.

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