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As I was saying (in yesterday’s newsletter), the guy who promised to end “endless wars” is itching for a war of his own. And not just with Venezuela.
Let us pause for a moment to contemplate the bizarre fact that the President of the United States posted this on Saturday:
<photo of AI generated riff on “Apocalypse Now”>
Are you not entertained? Are the libs not well and truly triggered? But let’s briefly break this down:
Trump’s post is an AI-generated image that refers to the movie “Apocalypse Now,” which Trump rebrands as “Chipocalypse Now,” complete with helicopters flying over a burning Chicago.
Trump depicts himself as the character played by Robert Duvall, Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore, who expressed his fervent love for the War in Vietnam by proclaiming: “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”
Irony is, of course, a foreign language to Trump. But it seems worth pointing out that “Apocalypse Now” was not a celebration of the awesomeness of war; nor was the use of napalm a moment of American Greatness.
We also shouldn’t gloss over another rather important distinction: Trump is not lusting for a war against foreign adversaries, but against Chicago, Illinois
Charlie Sykes
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Worst part is (and i admit i don't look at details at all any more) is that I'm not sure this guy has any reasons for war. Meaning -- not even the usual corrupt reasons of kissing Israel's ass, or enriching Defense, etc. On TMF I always said we'd be at "war" in Venezuela one day because they have oil but with Trump - i'm honestly not sure if he has that kind of endgame or strategy versus just doing something to see what it looks like on social media.
Oh well....
As i've said .....
Don't enlist.
there's other kinds of 'valor' that doesn't involve tonnage and gravesites.
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we'd be at "war" in Venezuela one day because they have oil but with Trump - i'm honestly not sure if he has that kind of endgame or strategy versus just doing something to see what it looks like on social As suggested earlier, Trump has gone quiet about invading Panama and Greenland. Venezuela actually has something of immediate value, the oil. Given his penchant for demanding a big block of stock in companies that he figures owe him, demanding 51% of PDVSA would send dollar signs dancing through his head.
His nibs has been after Maduro for a while.
The Untold Story of Trump's Failed Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela's Presidenthttps://www.wired.com/story/trump-cia-venezuela-ma...Steve
