US president says ‘we’re going to run the country until a safe, proper and judicious transition’ can take place and that he is ‘prepared’ for a second attack

    • ExtremeDullard@piefed.socialOP
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      4 days ago

      I reckon Trump just made a martyr out of Maduro. Even his staunchest opponents domestically will not take the US takeover kindly.

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        That’s what I’m thinking. They won’t take this lying down, surely?

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      Venezuelans have become increasingly helpless and uneducated over the last generation due to policy decisions. Those still within the country are largely those who couldn’t find a means to leave or those who refused to do so. A lot of impotent frustration going around, to say the least

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      One perspective that seems fairly popular is that they aren’t super worried about Maduro or what happens to him but they are terrified by the thought of American occupation/colonialism/being a puppet state. Destabilization.

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      As far as I know, they’re overjoyed that Maduro is gone. What precisely will happen next isn’t certain yet, so they feel hopeful.