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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Cue "I declare bankruptcy!" GIF

I don't understand how after listening to him talk you can think "yes the us is running Venezuela now"

A president has attacked a sovereign nation with no authorization from Congress, kidnapped its head of state for no other reason than "making money from oil" and uhh drugs I guess. But legitimacy of the whole thing aside, do you think he's competent enough to "run" a whole other country?

And how do you imagine the average Venezuelan is taking this? "Oh welp guess we are 'run' by the Americans now, better go apply for a job at Exxon"

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Friend, don’t shoot the messenger. I am just paraphrasing what he said in the speech.