Did anyone think that in their lifetime they'd read these words: "Europe to wage war against the United States?"
Trump/Project 2025 did this.
From Conservative publication, "The New Republic:"
Trump made a comment over the weekend that stunned political observers and experts alike, and had some asking, "Is this real?" Trump's comment shouldn't have stunned anyone, let alone someone who claims to be a political observer or an expert.
The president on Saturday was discussing his administration's successful mission to capture the leader of Venezuela, as well as his wife, when Trump made the remark. "All the way back it dated to the Monroe Doctrines. And the Monroe Doctrine is a big deal. But we've superseded it by a lot. By a real lot," Trump said. "They now call it the Donroe Document. I don't know. It's Monroe Doctrine. We sort of forgot about it."
My wish for the New Year:
May the broken be healed
May the sick be restored
May happiness return to those in despair
May the lonely be loved
May the hungry be fed
And may our world find its way to peace.
Can someone explain how the U.S. can bomb a sovereign country and kidnap its president, then announce to the world that the U.S. will now "run" the country?
We know Maduro is a bad guy, but so is Putin; so is Kim Jong Un, so is the Supreme Leader of Iran.
Will we now announce to the world that America will bomb those countries, kidnap their leaders, and then "run" their countries?
PS. Trump pardoned the Honduran president who exported 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S. He has pardoned other drug dealers as well.
I don't think his illegal invasion of Venezuela and takeover of that country is about drugs.
From "The Other 98%":
"The U.S. just invaded Venezuela, bombed its capital, and seized its president — and they’re pretending this is normal. In the early hours of January 3, 2026, the United States launched coordinated military strikes across Venezuela, including in Caracas and surrounding regions. President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were reportedly captured and flown out of the country by U.S. forces, according to President Trump.
This wasn’t a “limited action” or some kind of border enforcement — this was a military invasion.
Explosions were heard throughout the Venezuelan capital and at key military installations. Smoke was seen rising from air bases and strategic sites. Venezuela’s government immediately declared a state of emergency and condemned the attacks as “military aggression” that strikes at the very heart of its sovereignty.
Trump’s own announcement on social media claimed the United States had “successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader,” with details to come at a later press conference.
The operation was described as involving elite U.S. forces — including Delta Force — signaling this was not a quick raid on a criminal lab or a synchronized DOJ action, but a planned military assault.
Let’s strip away the euphemisms: this is invasion, not enforcement. There was no imminent threat to American soil that justified the use of force under international law.
The U.N. Charter’s Article 2(4) clearly forbids the use of force against another state’s territorial integrity or political independence unless it’s self-defense or authorized by the Security Council. There’s no evidence either condition applied here — and global reactions reflect the shock and outrage.
The administration’s own allies in Congress are already questioning the constitutional basis for this war and pointing out that they were lied to about regime change not being the agenda.
Make no mistake: the narrative that this was about “drug trafficking” or “narco-terrorism” was always a pretext. Trump’s government had been building up military presence in the Caribbean for months under what’s been called Operation Southern Spear, deploying aircraft carriers, troops, and designating Venezuelan institutions and gang networks as terrorist entities — a setup that conveniently paves the way for overt military intervention.
Venezuela sits on some of the largest proven oil reserves in the world, and its economic and geopolitical position has long made it a target of U.S. political and economic pressure.
This isn’t a secret — it’s been openly debated and speculated on by Venezuelan officials who say the U.S. wants control of their resources under the guise of law enforcement and “democracy promotion.”
Now the gloves are off. A sitting president has been removed by force. A foreign government has been targeted without international sanction. A region already weary of U.S. intervention is watching this unfold with justified fear.
This isn’t a “surgical strike,” it’s a regime change operation that tramples on international law, sets a dangerous precedent, and undermines every multilateral institution that’s supposed to prevent exactly this kind of brazen imperialism.
We should not — we cannot — sit silent while the U.S. rewrites the rules of global engagement by bombing, kidnapping, and exporting its political will. Sovereignty, justice, and international norms matter — and it’s time we demand accountability for a foreign policy that just crossed every line in the book."
