Trump admits on camera that at his request, the U.S. is now stealing Venezuela's oil to fill the American war chest.
This is the world's richest country, plundering a country where 80 percent of people did not have enough food to eat in a 2017 survey, according to Human Rights Watch.
I keep wondering how much more it will take before the international creditors start calling in their Treasury notes, before the "credit cards" come due.
Maybe the US government is too big to fail, it would cause such a global crash that they're just going to keep watching and hoping.
Welp, if anyone can find that limit, it's the felon, he has a knack for it.
@jakebrake @bsm @randahl Imagine the USA as a mob boss who eats at various restaurants, says "put it on my tab" and walks out. He never fully pays.
Occasionally he throws down a wad of cash if the manager asks, but he never fully pays his tab.
Everyone is too scared of him to say "no money no food."
Is that weakness or power? It is power right up until something dispels the fear, and then you are unwelcome everywhere.
A military defeat of the USA would dispel the fear.
“To the victim go the spoils”
Victims are winners now‽
He’s making Bush sound like a beautiful orator. We need an updated version of https://www.dubyaspeak.com
@randahl Trump can do whatever he wants, no repercussions
of course he's going to try to control the oil
"Are we the baddies?"
"The spoils go to the victor", that's a hell of a partnership.
About the WW2 reference: Anyone else beginning to wonder if German and Italian national gold reserves stored in New York actually still are national gold reserves?
France’s central bank has sold off the last of the gold it held in the United States Federal Reserve and replaced it with higher quality bars in Paris, taking advantage of rising prices to make nearly €13 billion as it upgrades its holdings.
@randahl Americans love to use superlatives to describe themselves. But we don't have to describe them in the same terms.
The world's "richest" country ? Surely "most in debt" would be more accurate. They will never pay back what they've borrowed from the rest of the world.
Perhaps we could also use:
Most self-righteous nation
Most warmongering nation
Most poorly educated
Most violent democracy
Least democratic democracy
Least equal democracy (see Gini coefficients)
In this specific case a country where 15% of people don't have enough food to eat is stealing from a country where 80% don't have enough.
The US is a failed state.
“We are a … uhh … ‘partner’ … with Venezuela”
This is “just grab ‘em by the pussy” at international scale, nobody should be surprised.
Dear Americans, your government’s stated policy is now “To the victor go the spoils”.
Congratulations, you are now openly pirates.
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