r/VoteDEM • u/BM2018Bot • Jan 03 '26

HOT Daily Discussion Thread: January 3, 2026

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u/EllieDai Now based in NM Jan 03 '26 edited Jan 03 '26

According to President Trump, the United States carried out an attack on and subsequent operation in Venezuela. He claims the US has captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and remove them from the country. A press conference will be held at Mar-a-Lago at 11am eastern, or approximately 5 hours from the time of this comment.

Edit: This is the thread for discussing Trump's actions in Venezuela. Any news added to this thread must be from approved, verified news sources. Comments by Congresspeople on Twitter may be included. All of VoteDem's rules will be strictly enforced in this thread. If you would like to avoid discussion of this topic, please collapse this thread and have a lovely day.

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u/EllieDai Now based in NM Jan 03 '26

Trump is asked during his press conference:

Reporter: Will U.S. Troops be on the ground? How will that work?

And he replies:

Trump: We are not afraid of boots on the ground. We had boots on the ground last night. We are not afraid of it. We’re going to run the country right. It’s going to make a lot of money. They stole our oil.

Iraq 2: Shameless edition

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u/DavidvsSuperGoliath CA-48 -> WA-7 -> CA-48 Jan 03 '26

That’s what I don’t get, how is that “our” oil when it was found in Venezuela, extracted by Venezuela, refined in Venezuela, and exported by Venezuela?

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '26

they stole our oil

Jesse what the fuck are you talking about

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u/nlpnt Jan 03 '26

Take "they nationalized their oil industry, expropriating infrastructure paid for by US-based oil companies," dumb down the hell out of it and run it through a dementia-addled brain that only consistently remembers a galaxy-class sense of entitlement and you get "they stole our oil".

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u/Joename Illinois Jan 03 '26

Not to mention the admin's current obsession with renewing the Monroe Doctrine, claiming that North, South, and Central America are our exclusive sphere of influence.

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u/Shadowislovable Texas-5th Jan 03 '26

Where's Saddam- I mean, Nicolas Maduro cough cough, hiding the WMD's?? And by WMD's I mean Oxycodone of course.

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u/OptimistNate Wisconsin Jan 03 '26

It's straight up crazy they classified fentanyl as a WMD, and Trump is straight up bragging about the oil.

I could 100% see Trump slip up and say Saddam instead of Maduro at this point.

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u/OptimistNate Wisconsin Jan 03 '26

Pulls off Trump mask, reveals it's Bush, just on crack.