In his Tuesday post, Trump referred to President Nicolás Maduro’s government as a “Hostile Regime” and accused it of using oil to “finance themselves” and commit crimes. The Maduro government, in a statement, said Trump’s actions were “grotesque” and “warmongering threats.”
“On his social media, he assumes that Venezuela’s oil, land, and mineral wealth are his property,” the statement said. “Consequently, he demands that Venezuela immediately hand over all its riches. The President of the United States intends to impose, in an utterly irrational manner, a supposed naval blockade on Venezuela with the aim of stealing the wealth that belongs to our nation.”
US lawmakers also expressed outrage.
“A naval blockade is unquestionably an act of war,” Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) said on X following Trump’s post. “A war,” he added, “that the Congress never authorized and the American people do not want.” Castro is a part of a bipartisan group of congressmembers putting forth a resolution to be voted on Thursday in the House, directing the president to end “hostilities” with Venezuela.
32 Comments
theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 39 pts · 259d
You really even need to ask "experts" for this?
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 258d
It is like every other news title right now.
"Trump says it is his constitutional right to name himself king of the world and that all of his subjects must now blow him--but some experts disagree."
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 258d
Plausible deniability.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 258d
No. Some of us know right from wrong
watson387@sopuli.xyz · 28 pts · 259d
The US Navy are just pirates now.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 259d
Which is really deeply ironic, considering the first campaign that made a real name for the USN and the USMC outside of the revolutionary war (as well as the first major campaign outside of the “new world” - that is, very far from the continental US) was against Ottoman Tripolitania, when we stoped paying them bribes that were effectively protection money so they wouldn’t pirate US merchant ships. Hence the lyric: “to the shores of Tripoli” (from the USMC anthem).
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 258d
Marines' Hymn. Just saying
axexrx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 258d
Huh, TIL. tbf, ive only heard the line as part of Tom lehrer's 'send the marines' ("to the shores of Tripoli, but not to Mississipoli....")
n0respect@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 258d
Every one of those sailors had an obligation to refuse their orders, and chose to not do so.
Makhno@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 258d
Leave my mans pealing potatoes in the galley out of this 😤
n0respect@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 257d
Ok it was a little broad. Your punishment for refusing would be peeling potatoes anyway.
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 pts · 259d
The fact that Donald Trump is saying that Venezuela's oil belongs to them sounds like something from a bad political drama.
ryper@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 259d
In a sensible world, a country that regularly goes to war to get more oil wouldn't be sabotaging every attempt to reduce its oil consumption. If the stuff's that hard to get, stop wasting it, and then maybe you won't need to go to war so often.
bunkyprewster@startrek.website · 7 pts · 259d
But we like war
Almacca@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 259d
And wasting oil!
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 258d
Yeah, there is a lot of money to be made
8uurg@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 258d
I think it makes more sense if you view the country as an addict.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 258d
they don't want to maximise oil preservation. they are maximising corporate profit.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 258d
You need experts to call theft theft?
Makhno@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 258d
We need the experts to call it theft so that half of the American populace can disregard everything they say. Following the advice of experts died during covid
Greyghoster@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 259d
From a logical point of view, the US is engaged in hostile acts and uses oil to finance itself….
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 258d
Anything to distract from the Epstein files.
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 258d
MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 258d
You don't need to be an expert to know oil in Venezuela belongs to Venezuela.
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 258d
We need an expert to find out how our oil got under their soil.
axexrx@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 259d
Naval blockades sound like a belly- button problem.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 258d
the US needs a naval blockade and severe sanctions.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 258d
Naval blockages
beebarfbadger@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 259d
Legal experts say question of legality of theft is unclear.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 258d
Ilixtze@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 258d
Americans are so stupid and immoral they need experts to tell them killing and stealing is illegal.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 258d
Not all of us. Some of us are telling the fuckers to stop