He wants all their bitcoins

did venezuela say they're going to stop selling oil in usd or something?

It's a new day. Cartels are on notice. No more cargos of death please.

He's after their beaver cheese, isn't he?

The regime funds narco terrorists groups that flood the US and other countries with drugs and do other horrible things, it's their primary source of income sense they ran country into the ground.

He wants the oil. It has tons of it

Originally posted by kbiz:

It's a new day. Cartels are on notice. No more cargos of death please.

from what I understand he's waged war on all cartels

Trump signs order authorising military action against cartels: Reports [www.aljazeera.com]

He to distract from everyone asking about him being on the Epstein files.

He's gunning for the peace prize. Normally US Navy would board and size the cargo, not blow them to smithereens. Maybe trying to look strong to Putin and Kim.

Originally posted by River:

He wants the oil. It has tons of it

The Venezuelan crude is dirty and cost much more to refine then most other crude oils. They sometimes have problems selling their crude oil as it is of such low quality.

Originally posted by craigsters:

Originally posted by kbiz:

It's a new day. Cartels are on notice. No more cargos of death please.

from what I understand he's waged war on all cartels

Trump signs order authorising military action against cartels: Reports [www.aljazeera.com]

They're designated terrorist organizations now. That means the military.

Cartels have killed more Americans than all the other terrorist organizations combined. 250,000 Americans died from fentanyl under Biden.

didn't take long for people who believe in anything trump says to show up D : >

Originally posted by Vox:

He to distract from everyone asking about him being on the Epstein files.

No one cared about Epstein until they thought they could possibly use it to harm President Trump and Epstein's victims have already said that they never saw Trump do anything inappropriate. It's political theater at this point.

Originally posted by Arzo:

someone needs to tell that lunatic to keep american warships away. US intervention never ends well

According to Trump it is to stop drugs.
And rather than do a sensible operation or just send in mercenaries he decided to make a big show of it.
Another distraction technique trying to show people he is mighty when dealing with nations that cannot punch him in the face back.

BUT
It could be because of Venezuela's association with Russia and Trump is making bit of a show to Russia about it and that Putin better play ball because Trump can hit Russia's allies easier than Putin can hit the USA's allies.

This is a time where i will suggest to play the game balance of power a very deep game from long ago.

* spelling errors.

Originally posted by Corvus XIII:

Originally posted by Arzo:

someone needs to tell that lunatic to keep american warships away. US intervention never ends well

According to Trump it is to stop drugs.
And rather than do a sensible operation or just send in mercenaries he decided to make a big show of it.
Another distraction technique trying to show people he is mighty when dealing with nations that cannot punch him in the face back.

BUT
It could be ebcause of Venezuela's associaiton with Russia and Trump is making bit of a show to Russia about it and that Putin better play ball because Trump can hit Russia's allies easier than Putin can hit the USA's allies.

This is a time where i will suggest to play the game balance of power a very deep game from long ago.

How many Mercenary navies are you aware of that can handle a job of this size?