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Trump and top administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, characterized Saturday’s assault on Venezuela and abduction of the country’s president as a warning shot in the direction of Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, and other Latin American nations.

During a Saturday press conference, Trump openly invoked the Monroe Doctrine — an assertion of U.S. dominance of the Western Hemisphere — and said his campaign of aggression against Venezuela represented the “Donroe Doctrine” in action.

In his unwieldy remarks, Trump called out Colombian President Gustavo Petro by name, accusing him without evidence of “making cocaine and sending it to the United States.”

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[–] SereneSadie@quokk.au 73 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Good job keeping Kamala out. You sure showed Israel by putting America on the path to becoming an invasive conquering fascist regime.

[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Hey shitbird, move on. Stop trying to get non-fascists to fight each other. Do something productive.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Oh yeah, and the Palestine protest votes because kamela wasn't clear enough about the subject. I'm sure Palestinians are overjoyed with how trump has helped them so far.

It won't be before long that the entire world will be thanking them

Thanks, guys!

[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Thank you for the absolutely original take. I had not seen anyone put it quite like this in almost 3 minutes.

[–] ErrorCode@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The DFL is complicit.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Well, the Ds know they need an independent issue or three to win an election, it's in the numbers (Ds and Rs can't win with only their own voters voting, they are about 30% of voters each).

And they virtually ignored this, so of course she lost. She did exactly as she was expected to do, she's not dumb. They ignored fundamental facts and instead pursued the Republican vote for much of her campaign. She fell on the sword, right out in the open, and everyone in politics knows it.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

As someone who checked the box with her name. The voting for the less of two Israeli and oligarch owned evils is getting pretty old. The denouncing Israel thing was a huge and obvious elephant in the room. That being said we are literally surrounded by brainwashed Nazi’s who worship a pedofile con man so yea this DNC approved corrupt opposition candidate thing has failed and I’m getting really sick of it. She was bragging about Dick Cheney endorsing her for god sake’s. We don’t have healthcare, we don’t have worker protections and ending up on the streets is a literal death sentence in America. Things are rough and people are pissed add the fact that education is a debt trap,and out of reach for most and you get a perfect storm of ignorance. Add the fact that our media runs 24/7 brainwashing propaganda and is now consolidating all of our media into a Nazi propaganda machine you have a dangerous situation for the world. The person that wins the American presidential election is always the person that the wealthiest want in power that’s why we have the crooked electoral college system in the first place.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 days ago

The voting for the less of two Israeli and oligarch owned evils is getting pretty old.

It's a binary choice. Vote for not-Trump or get Trump. This was an intelligence test that America failed.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You forgot Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq ,Libya so quickly?

You people are fucking pests the world needs to get rid of. You're just in for the violence of your special flavor.

USA has always been conquering fascists regime.

Fuck Kamala, Fuck Trump and Fuck USA!

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 45 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Monroe Doctrine?? The hugely problematic gunboat diplomacy doctrine that was outright imperialistic??

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

Yes? All of those words sound exactly like things Donald Trump would like. Except maybe "diplomacy".

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In the defense of the Monroe doctrine, it was moreso focused on keeping the old world powers out of the Western hemisphere.

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I mean that's a completely different geopolitical context than today. It was focused on regional hegemony, so it's weird that Trump in America, as the global leader, wants to shrink to regional.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This ignorant dipshit has no idea what the Monroe Doctrine is, or even who Monroe was. If you had asked him yesterday who James Monroe was, he wouldn't have had a clue. Someone whispered in his ear that it means he can have all of the Western Hemisphere, and all its oil, so now he's all for it.

Just because these people twist something into something it's not, doesn't mean we have to accept it.

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 days ago

It's really fitting that he sounds like Vader trying to speak without his helmet when the TACOman said he was taking over Venezuela

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

I hate that this fucker will live on as one of many SAT questions

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 17 points 3 days ago

ol' smegma Marco fucking rubio is one generation away from being a Cuban immigrant.

fucking smug silver spoon entitled hypocri...wait that's the entire administration all of the senate.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Well... I mean, it's not like he needed to reference a pre-existing policy to find a reason to be a nuisance to Europe.