Yes, I believe in President Trump and our military.
Sue - 2 days ago
Yes I totally support the takeover! What I don’t understand is why they swore in the illegal vice president!
Mars - 2 days ago
Had Biden done this, the dems would have praised him.
D - 3 days ago
Vaughn Leo BB Sonny and Renee I agree! People just are so ignorant about all of this. President Trump gave Maduro a chance to make things right but he refused. And the US is not “taking over” Venezuela! That’s a leftist Democrat talking point!
John Douglas - 3 days ago
Hell no ! This was pure insanity
Leo - 3 days ago
Trump did NOT invade Venezuela. He is NOT taking over Venezuela. People need to stop this crap of spreading untruth!! There has been an order in place since 2020 for the arrest of Manduro!! Even BIDEN said he wanted Manduro. Take that statement as you wish. Some think Biden was blowing hot air. Some believe it. The point is, this man and his wife (the Manduros) are criminals. No way to defend this!! Anyone taking up for Manduro is showing their history and intellectual ignorance by supporting this criminal, as well as the ones here in this country and those who invaded our border. Facts speak truth. Truth is hard medicine. Truth allows freedom. So either live in turmoil and enslave yourselves or do the right thing and be free.
Vaughn Stroud - 3 days ago
When Trump said we are taking back our oil investments in Venezuela, many younger people did not understand, there's a history between America and Venezuela’s oil sector.
Venezuela owns the oil underneath thier soil, but it was America that Explored, Developed, Financed and Engineered the oil production. After the huge investments, Venezuela Nationalized her oil production and expelled Americans leading to massive investments loss by Americans. This was the root cause of the problem.
These companies took massive financial risks, Built refineries, pipelines, ports, and export systems. They even trained Venezuelan engineers and managers, Turned Venezuela into a top global oil producer and at the end Venezuela Nationalized American investment with Russian support and expelled Americans. So when Trump said we are going back to reclaim our oil investments this was what he meant.
The oil itself always belonged to Venezuela as a sovereign nation, but the infrastructure, capital, technology, and operational expertise were American-owned investments.
U.S. oil companies were forced to give Venezuela oil commission majority ownership. Several refused and were expelled. Assets were seized or restructured under state control. Compensation disputes dragged on for years in court, and at the end America took the investment loss and walked away.
Companies like ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips took Venezuela to international arbitration courts.
From the U.S. perspective, this was not just “policy change,” but confiscation of American capital.
So what did Trump really mean by “our oil”
“They took our oil, we’re going to take it back”
He was not making a technical international-law claim that the U.S. owns Venezuela’s underground oil, that would be false. He was speaking in political language meaning, American companies built and financed the industry, Venezuela seized those investments, The U.S. has unresolved economic and legal claims. From a U.S. domestic viewpoint, Billions of dollars in U.S. investments were wiped out, American shareholders and pension funds lost money, it is the same oil infrastructure that is now used as political leverage against the U.S. So Trump’s framing fits a narrative many Americans already believe and know what he meant when he said
“We built it. They took it. Now they use it against us.” However, most younger generations on this platform do not know this history and are quick to say the invasion was all about oil.
That framing may be legally imprecise, but it is politically effective.
Understand it this way.
“American companies built Venezuela’s oil industry.
Venezuela seized those investments.
If we regain leverage, Americans will once again control and profit from that oil sector.”
Not geology.
Not international law.
Power, money, and lost investments is the main problem America has with Venezuela. Based on this, America has sponsored politicians to run in Venezuela, they become popular, win elections and Mudaro often refuses to hand over. If you were Trump, won't you take what belongs to you by force. It is important you understand this history to be able to understand why we support what Trump did.
I voted for this!
Leo - 3 days ago
This does not just address drugs. It is about China having a foothold in Venezuela for the oil but also....and understand.... China is taking a foothold not only in Venezuela but Cuba also. They want to have military presence as well as getting themselves into our country. Spying on us is not enough. No. China wants to get power in and over our country. Read that again!
BB - 3 days ago
How about you word it
"do you support the legal arrest of Muduro?"
Sonny - 3 days ago
The United States is not taking over anything. Why are you asking a question that is only serving to divide people? Do you support the division of the United States?
Renee - 3 days ago
There are two reasons why they went after Maduro, the drug smuggling cartel and the 2020 election. Things are about to get very interesting and the left is going to panic even more.
Sharon - 3 days ago
Yes ,the drugs are killing people and the corruption needs to stop.
Yes, I believe in President Trump and our military.
Yes I totally support the takeover! What I don’t understand is why they swore in the illegal vice president!
Had Biden done this, the dems would have praised him.
Vaughn Leo BB Sonny and Renee I agree! People just are so ignorant about all of this. President Trump gave Maduro a chance to make things right but he refused. And the US is not “taking over” Venezuela! That’s a leftist Democrat talking point!
Hell no ! This was pure insanity
Trump did NOT invade Venezuela. He is NOT taking over Venezuela. People need to stop this crap of spreading untruth!! There has been an order in place since 2020 for the arrest of Manduro!! Even BIDEN said he wanted Manduro. Take that statement as you wish. Some think Biden was blowing hot air. Some believe it. The point is, this man and his wife (the Manduros) are criminals. No way to defend this!! Anyone taking up for Manduro is showing their history and intellectual ignorance by supporting this criminal, as well as the ones here in this country and those who invaded our border. Facts speak truth. Truth is hard medicine. Truth allows freedom. So either live in turmoil and enslave yourselves or do the right thing and be free.
When Trump said we are taking back our oil investments in Venezuela, many younger people did not understand, there's a history between America and Venezuela’s oil sector.
Venezuela owns the oil underneath thier soil, but it was America that Explored, Developed, Financed and Engineered the oil production. After the huge investments, Venezuela Nationalized her oil production and expelled Americans leading to massive investments loss by Americans. This was the root cause of the problem.
These companies took massive financial risks, Built refineries, pipelines, ports, and export systems. They even trained Venezuelan engineers and managers, Turned Venezuela into a top global oil producer and at the end Venezuela Nationalized American investment with Russian support and expelled Americans. So when Trump said we are going back to reclaim our oil investments this was what he meant.
The oil itself always belonged to Venezuela as a sovereign nation, but the infrastructure, capital, technology, and operational expertise were American-owned investments.
U.S. oil companies were forced to give Venezuela oil commission majority ownership. Several refused and were expelled. Assets were seized or restructured under state control. Compensation disputes dragged on for years in court, and at the end America took the investment loss and walked away.
Companies like ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips took Venezuela to international arbitration courts.
From the U.S. perspective, this was not just “policy change,” but confiscation of American capital.
So what did Trump really mean by “our oil”
“They took our oil, we’re going to take it back”
He was not making a technical international-law claim that the U.S. owns Venezuela’s underground oil, that would be false. He was speaking in political language meaning, American companies built and financed the industry, Venezuela seized those investments, The U.S. has unresolved economic and legal claims. From a U.S. domestic viewpoint, Billions of dollars in U.S. investments were wiped out, American shareholders and pension funds lost money, it is the same oil infrastructure that is now used as political leverage against the U.S. So Trump’s framing fits a narrative many Americans already believe and know what he meant when he said
“We built it. They took it. Now they use it against us.” However, most younger generations on this platform do not know this history and are quick to say the invasion was all about oil.
That framing may be legally imprecise, but it is politically effective.
Understand it this way.
“American companies built Venezuela’s oil industry.
Venezuela seized those investments.
If we regain leverage, Americans will once again control and profit from that oil sector.”
Not geology.
Not international law.
Power, money, and lost investments is the main problem America has with Venezuela. Based on this, America has sponsored politicians to run in Venezuela, they become popular, win elections and Mudaro often refuses to hand over. If you were Trump, won't you take what belongs to you by force. It is important you understand this history to be able to understand why we support what Trump did.
I voted for this!
This does not just address drugs. It is about China having a foothold in Venezuela for the oil but also....and understand.... China is taking a foothold not only in Venezuela but Cuba also. They want to have military presence as well as getting themselves into our country. Spying on us is not enough. No. China wants to get power in and over our country. Read that again!
How about you word it
"do you support the legal arrest of Muduro?"
The United States is not taking over anything. Why are you asking a question that is only serving to divide people? Do you support the division of the United States?
There are two reasons why they went after Maduro, the drug smuggling cartel and the 2020 election. Things are about to get very interesting and the left is going to panic even more.
Yes ,the drugs are killing people and the corruption needs to stop.