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Disciplined Galt

Disciplined Galt

Disciplina et Frugalis
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Belobog said:
As a meeting last August in the Oval Office to discuss sanctions on Venezuela was concluding, President Donald Trump turned to his top aides and asked an unsettling question: With a fast unraveling Venezuela threatening regional security, why can’t the U.S. just simply invade the troubled country?

The suggestion stunned those present at the meeting, including U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and national security adviser H.R. McMaster, both of whom have since left the administration. This account of the previously undisclosed conversation comes from a senior administration official familiar with what was said.

In an exchange that lasted around five minutes, McMaster and others took turns explaining to Trump how military action could backfire and risk losing hard-won support among Latin American governments to punish President Nicolas Maduro for taking Venezuela down the path of dictatorship, according to the official.

The idea, despite his aides’ best attempts to shoot it down, would nonetheless persist in the president’s head.

The next day, Aug. 11, Trump alarmed friends and foes alike with talk of a “military option” to remove Maduro from power. The public remarks were initially dismissed in U.S. policy circles as the sort of martial bluster people have come to expect from the reality TV star turned commander in chief.

But shortly afterward, he raised the issue with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, according to the U.S. official.

Then in September, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, Trump discussed it again, this time at greater length, in a private dinner with leaders from four Latin American allies that included Santos.

The U.S. official said Trump was specifically briefed not to raise the issue and told it wouldn’t play well, but the first thing the president said at the dinner was, “My staff told me not to say this.” Trump then went around asking each leader if they were sure they didn’t want a military solution, according to the official, who added that each leader told Trump in clear terms they were sure.

Eventually, McMaster would pull aside the president and walk him through the dangers of an invasion, the official said.

Trump pressed aides on Venezuela invasion, US official says
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Just let them Cambodia themselves eh
 
Wild

Wild

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This Pothead said:

Is this really acceptable now? President backs another country while shitting on his own. Don’t hate Prez Trump. Hope he does great things for the people of this country, (federal reserve remember that?) but this...
Just hoping at the Trump Putin summit he doesn’t give them back Alaska.
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He’s not shitting on the US. He’s shitting on the corrupt fucks in our government that have gotten away with it for far too long.
 
Freeloading Rusty

Freeloading Rusty

Here comes Rover, sniffin’ at your ass
Jan 11, 2016
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Iran asks Trump to stop tweeting about oil — because it's driving prices up
  • A senior Iranian official has asked US President Donald Trump to refrain from tweeting about oil as he believes the tweets are driving up the price of the commodity.
  • "Please stop it, otherwise it will go even higher!" Iran's OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili said in a statement, according to the country's Shana news agency.
  • Ardebili also claimed that Trump's words are "discrediting" OPEC.
  • On Wednesday, Trump tweeted that OPEC must "REDUCE PRICING NOW!"
  • Oil prices have risen to multi-year highs of around $78 per barrel in recent days.
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Wild

Wild

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This Pothead said:
So thats the standard now? Backing another counrty while airing out our problems in front of the whole world to see?
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If it means corruption in our government being exposed, then I’m all for it. The corrupt shit that’s been going on behind the scenes in our govt, with zero regard for those they represent (us), is disgusting and disturbing. Status quo is no longer acceptable.
 
ConorMcGregor NutHugger

ConorMcGregor NutHugger

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Wild said:
If it means corruption in our government being exposed, then I’m all for it. The corrupt shit that’s been going on behind the scenes in our govt, with zero regard for those they represent (us), is disgusting and disturbing. Status quo is no longer acceptable.
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No doubt my friend, no doubt.
 
Pitbull9

Pitbull9

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Jan 28, 2015
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This Pothead said:

No doubt my friend, no doubt.
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Seriously fuck that guy im not sure anyone really cares at all. The guy has been a cheat and a scumbag from day 1. Trump messed up when he fucked with this guy. Either way there is zero connection between the two where it matters, which is why we hear nothing about him or anyone else anymore.
 
ConorMcGregor NutHugger

ConorMcGregor NutHugger

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Pitbull3744 said:
Seriously fuck that guy im not sure anyone really cares at all. The guy has been a cheat and a scumbag from day 1. Trump messed up when he fucked with this guy. Either way there is zero connection between the two where it matters, which is why we hear nothing about him or anyone else anymore.
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Pitbull9

Pitbull9

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Broski that is Trumps MO. You are the guys best friend, best everything, until... lol. Trump is a loyal motherfucker but he can also be your worst enemy ever. He has remained strong on Flynn, and that Rob guy that beat his wife lol. He will stick with people depending on...
 
Sex Chicken

Sex Chicken

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Sep 8, 2015
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Everything is going great.
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