MAGA HATES THIS

So far, Trump has managed to enrage the “influencers’ of MAGA with his new foreign intervention in Venezuela.

Trump was obviously befuddled and nearly “out of it” when he held his crazed press conference at Motel A Lardo this morning. According to Reuters: “The president looked exhausted and slurred his words as he sought to explain why he ordered the attack. He first gave a rambling, at times incoherent, address to the American people before stepping aside for other top administration officials to deliver further remarks.” As Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine shared details about the military operation, Sundowning Grampa could be seen looking as if he was about to doze off. Throughout Caine’s remarks, his eyes repeatedly shut as he swayed back and forth before they would flutter open again. (what a picture of national leadership that is) Declaring that he was going to “Make Venezuela Great Again,” he told reporters that the U.S. would “run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition.”

He added: “As everyone knows, the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust, for a long period of time. They were pumping almost nothing by comparison to what they could have been pumping and what could have taken place. We’re going to have our very large United States put up companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, to go in, spend billions of dollars to fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country.”

Asked how running Venezuela was “America First,” Trump replied: “Because we want to surround ourselves with good neighbors. We want to surround ourselves with stability, and we want to surround ourselves with energy. We have tremendous energy. It’s very important that we protect it. We need that for ourselves to be back in the world.”

Chevron Oil issued a statement vowing to work "constructively" with Malregime II to support a "peaceful" transition of power. The most hated American company in Venezuela said: “With more than a century in Venezuela, we support a peaceful, lawful transition that promotes stability and economic recovery. We’re prepared to work constructively with the U.S. Government during this period, leveraging our experience and presence to strengthen U.S. energy security." (proving Candace Owen right - god I hate writing that)

This is the real reason he did this - it has already riled up MAGA, that he is acting on the orders of “the globalist psychopaths” in the words of Candace Owens.

MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene hit out at the intervention, writing on X: “Regime change, funding foreign wars, and American’s tax dollars being consistently funneled to foreign causes, foreigners both home and abroad, and foreign governments while Americans are consistently facing increasing cost of living, housing, healthcare, and learn about scams and fraud of their tax dollars is what has most Americans enraged.” (Prediction: she’s going to be an important voice of resistance, like her or not.)

Sundowning Grampa also did not go to Congress to authorize his strike, as he was meant to do, which has enraged Democrats. Congressman Seth Moulton told CNN: “This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We’ve got a lot of problems in America today, and invading, occupying, running Venezuela does not solve any of them. This is illegal, unjustified, it’s not in our national interest. And there seems to be no plan whatsoever for what happens next.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Maduro and his wife will face charges of “narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, and possession of machine guns and destructive devices,” among other charges. Republican Thomas Massie wrote on X: “If this action were constitutionally sound, the Attorney General wouldn’t be tweeting that they’ve arrested the President of a sovereign country and his wife for possessing guns in violation of a 1934 U.S. firearm law.” (Prediction: no DC Grand Jury will return an indictment on this.)

Trump suggested his national security officials would be involved—namely Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine—particularly with respect to securing oil. With this crew of corrupt cretins running the show, I will confidently predict that Venezuela will soon be looking like post-liberation Iraq in 2003-04.

Grampa also claimed Venezuela’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, had spoken to Rubio and told him she was “essentially willing to do what we think is necessary.” But hours earlier, Rodríguez denounced the U.S. operation on state television.

Here’s Reason #1 that I confident this will soon go to shit: “Trump added that it would be “very tough” for Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado - who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize and dedicated it to Trump - to lead the country. “She’s a very nice woman, but she doesn’t have the support within or the respect within the country.” His misogyny on this point is going to be his downfall here. He may still be pissed that the Nobel Committee failed to recognize his genius at stopping wars and dissed him by giving the award to a woman, but this particular woman does indeed havesupport and respect in Venezuela - it’s why the Nobel was awarded to her. I predict she will soon be the voice of resistance there.

Just in case you didn’t think this was Awful Enough, Grampa went on to threaten both Mexico and Colombia. He suggested on Fux & Friends this morning that action could be taken against Mexico, an ally of the U.S., hinting that he might order action in Mexico anyway, claiming that drugs coming over the southern border are killing Americans by the hundreds of thousands and that “something’s going to have to be done with Mexico.”, which he said is run by drug cartels. Regarding Colombia, he said: “I stick by my first statement. He’s making cocaine. They’re sending it into the United States, so he does have to watch his ass.” Widdle Marco, strapped to a board so as not to appear as the spineless jellyfish he is, chimed in and threatened Cuba and claimed that it was the root of many of Venezuela’s problems, saying: “If I lived in Havana and I was in the government, I’d be concerned at least a little bit.”

It’s not just MAGA that’s opposed. Opposition among Democrats is already growing: Members of Congress demanded emergency legislative action to prevent Malregime II from taking further military action in Venezuela after he threatened a “second wave” of attacks. Rep. Greg Casar(D-Texas), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), said that “Congress should vote immediately on a War Powers Resolution to stop” Trump, “whose administration has for months unlawfully bombed boats in international waters and threatened a direct military assault on Venezuela without lawmakers’ approval.” He continued: “Trump has no right to take us to war with Venezuela. This is reckless and illegal. My entire life, politicians have been sending other people’s kids to die in reckless regime change wars. Enough. No new wars.”

Rep. Rashida Tlaib said that “these are the actions of a rogue state.” “Trump’s illegal and unprovoked bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of its president are grave violations of international law and the US Constitution. The American people do not want another regime change war abroad.”

Senator Adam Schiff said: “Without congressional approval or the buy-in of the public, Trump risks plunging a hemisphere into chaos and has broken his promise to end wars instead of starting them. Congress must bring up a new War Powers Resolution and reassert its power to authorize force or to refuse to do so. We must speak for the American people who profoundly reject being dragged into new wars.”

Sen. Andy Kim said that both Rubio and Hogsbreath “looked every senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change.” He went on: “I didn’t trust them then, and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress. Trump rejected our constitutionally required approval process for armed conflict because the administration knows the American people overwhelmingly reject pulling our nation into another war.”

Sen. Tim Kaine said he will force a Senate vote next week on a bipartisan War Powers Resolution to block additional US military action in Venezuela.

Whether the GOP-controlled Congress acts to constrain Maladministration II will depend on support from Republicans, who have largely applauded the attack on Venezuela and capture of Maduro. In separate statements, House Squeaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune described the operation as “decisive” and justified. (Go right ahead, boys - the country already hates you so bad you’re going to lose in November; supporting this will only make your loss larger.)

Watching the Gang That Shoots Themselves In The Foot try to apply their clownfuckery to a war would be amusing, were it not for all the people who are going to get killed by their dumbfuckery. I give this shitshow 60 days before the first “sucker” (Grampa’s term for US soldiers) dies. Like Country Joe and the Fish said: “One, two, three - what’re we fightin’ for? Be the first one on your block/To have your boy come home in a box!”

Let’s finish with the “Fish Cheer”

Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag"

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