Even if Trump were willing to make a deal with a leftist brown woman, which I doubt he would, the Congress War Powers resolution just neutered his power. Any further interference in Venezuela will require either a US Military Coup or otherwise Congress' approval.
Oh definitely... Trump and his administration have broken hundreds of other laws and regulations with absolutely zero repercussions but this one will definitely hold them... right?
Machado is not a leftist, if that's who you were referring to. She's a hard-right capitalist, who's been offering Venezuela's resources to whoever agrees to regime change Maduro.
She also has no real power within Venezuela's government...so it's unlikely that Trump will actually put her in charge. He'll most likely just take the trophy from her and then turn around and cut a deal with the interim president that's currently in power.
He just needs someone there who's willing to give him what he wants, and has the authority to make it happen. It doesn't matter who. That way, Congress wouldn't need to authorize anything, and he still gets what he wants.
Autocracies are not inherently "left" or "right"...they are just autocracies. Anyone of any political or economic ideology can become a dictator if they abandon democratic principles, in favor of maintaining their own power.
Machado is a conservative, free-market Capitalist. That's what makes her right-wing. Why else do you think the folks on Fox News love her so much?
What "progress" is Machado seeking? She wants the country to go back to how it was before Chavez. That makes her "regressive". So, which hand is that, on your political spectrum?
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TheFermentalist@reddthat.com · 14 pts · 245d
Fascist fucker can’t get one any other way
Feddinat0r@feddit.org · 6 pts · 245d
NichtDieZwiebel
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -6 pts · 245d
Even if Trump were willing to make a deal with a leftist brown woman, which I doubt he would, the Congress War Powers resolution just neutered his power. Any further interference in Venezuela will require either a US Military Coup or otherwise Congress' approval.
kniwom1@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 245d
Oh definitely... Trump and his administration have broken hundreds of other laws and regulations with absolutely zero repercussions but this one will definitely hold them... right?
13igTyme@piefed.social · 2 pts · 245d
Definitely. It falls under "Trust me, bro" jurisdiction.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 245d
Machado is not a leftist, if that's who you were referring to. She's a hard-right capitalist, who's been offering Venezuela's resources to whoever agrees to regime change Maduro.
She also has no real power within Venezuela's government...so it's unlikely that Trump will actually put her in charge. He'll most likely just take the trophy from her and then turn around and cut a deal with the interim president that's currently in power.
He just needs someone there who's willing to give him what he wants, and has the authority to make it happen. It doesn't matter who. That way, Congress wouldn't need to authorize anything, and he still gets what he wants.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -6 pts · 245d
Returning to a real democracy is a wide left shift from the current Maduro regime. All Autocracy is Right Wing.
The result being comparatively moderate or right wing to other nations is irrelevant in the context of Venezuela.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 245d
Autocracies are not inherently "left" or "right"...they are just autocracies. Anyone of any political or economic ideology can become a dictator if they abandon democratic principles, in favor of maintaining their own power.
Machado is a conservative, free-market Capitalist. That's what makes her right-wing. Why else do you think the folks on Fox News love her so much?
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -5 pts · 245d
Left is Progress
Right is Conservative
Autocracies will always be a regression into our past and take us away from the path to a better future.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 245d
What "progress" is Machado seeking? She wants the country to go back to how it was before Chavez. That makes her "regressive". So, which hand is that, on your political spectrum?
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 0 pts · 245d
https://feddit.online/comment/6639458
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 245d
And? She's going to give him her peace prize, in the hopes that he will put her in charge of the country. But, he's already said he's not going to.
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social · 0 pts · 245d
Tell me your PoliSci education ended with 101 without telling me it ended with 101
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -1 pts · 245d
You don't have any response other than ad hominem
Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 245d
Didn't it only pass the House?
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 2 pts · 245d
It was a senate vote 52 - 47 on Thursday, 5 Republicans voted against their party.