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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Well, yeah, it was pretty obvious that Trump did not control Venezuela since he has no troops on the ground.

He's just been threathening the current Venezuelan leadership with personally getting the same fate as Maduro, but that's not at all the same as controlling the actual country.

No amount of struting like some prized rooster by Trump on this (like he does for just about everything just before he TACOes) alters the reality that a special ops kidnapping isn't anywhere near the same level of military commitment as an invasion and at most will deliver chaos rather than control.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I know who's getting kidnapped next!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

Gosh I hope it's me >:3

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 9 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I haven't known this woman long but all I have seen so far is her saying one thing and doing another.

She says she isn't going to just be a US lackey, but her actions sure show she is.

Best thing she can do is tell Trump to F off, and follow up actions with it.

[–] zeca@lemmy.ml 6 points 15 hours ago

The conflict is rather between different narratives being pushed. What are actual actions that she took cintrary to what she says? Trump wants to push the narrative that she is cooperating with the us... so we have to look at actual actions rather than misquoted words here and there.

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 91 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

There seems to be some confusion among the commenters here. Delcy Rodríguez is not María Machado. Machado is the one who got the Nobel Peace Prize and is not acting president of Venezuela. Delcy Rodríguez is the former Vice President who took over.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 30 points 20 hours ago

And is also, according to Trump at least, also not the acting president. The acting president according to Trump is... Trump

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 82 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What an incredibly absurd and unpredictable situation. It's hard to say who is in the more precarious position, her or Trump.

[–] D1re_W0lf@piefed.social 74 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Her. It’s her head that might go off next. For Trump is just Monday.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 28 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It took a string of military failures, a famine, and a lot of dead Italians before that picture could be taken.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago

And 23 years of tyranny.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

This is America. We dont do accountability here, tyvm

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago

Considering she's in charge because the USA simply kidnapped her boss, I'd say her.

One of them has the world's largest economy and military at their command and the other is literally in a room that the last guy guy kidnapped from.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here come the bombs again then.....

Never, ever accept help from MAGA. That is your lesson.

[–] detren@sh.itjust.works 20 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

She didn’t. You’re confusing the acting president with the woman that won the Nobel prize. They’re different people.

[–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

may or may not be true. the source is 'four sources involved at high levels', which does not inspire confidence, especially if those are americans with a vested interest in the Venezuelan people turning on Rodriguez so that they can easily install their own person if need be.

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Puppet government forgot how 2 puppet already?

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She is a hardcore Communist. Her father was a guerilla leader in the Venezuelan jungle. It was obvious to anybody, that she would betray Trump at the first oppurtunity. However being able to sell oil to the US and pay some money to Trump directly via some Qatari payment scheme is still much better then having full blown sanctions on Venezuela. Rodriguez is also a realists and understands that this is actually an oppurtunity to strengthen the country, if it is played smartly.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

What did she agree to that she would be betraying?

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Not really. This is as basic as governments get. She says this for her base and people but also is doing what America wants behind the scene. Come on guys. Is this your first government or what?

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wannabee dictator does not like taking orders. Applies to both Donny and Delcy.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago

I think we can drop the "wannabe" at this point

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 3 points 17 hours ago

as she works to unite the country

LMAO

[–] Thor_Whale@lemmus.org 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Trumplestiltskin probably wants her to pay for his Gaza hotel scheme. So the money won't go to him directly it'll go to his satanic son-in-law Jared the Antichrist kushner. So it'll never touch Trump's hands it'll just touch by proxy. As long as he gets a penthouse with a view of the Mediterranean and a view of whatever golf course he puts there he'll be as happy as a fat pig

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Trump is the antichirst in this. After all he has all these people wearing those hats with his mark of the beast on them that they voluntarily wear on their foreheads.

[–] e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

and convert their foreign currency exchanges to $TRUMP, build a few TRUMP hotel and resort complexes and lease all of the mayor ports and pipelines to the US…

[–] rozodru@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Venezuela speed running propped up puppet government I guess. Usually took other countries a lot longer to get to this point. CIA is slacking.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

I think Trump assumed he'd already set up a puppet government. He made a deal with the VP, she got bumped up to president when Trump took out her boss. So, she's a puppet, right? But, it doesn't seem like she ever had any intention of becoming a puppet, and Trump has no leverage to force her.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well here in the US we've been speedrunning Germany in the 1930s, so it tracks that the places we fuck up and try to control would also be speedrunning their own thing.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

We don’t need to speed run another country, the United States’ founding ideology is that the genocide of an entire continent is a good thing.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

If my US intervention timetable is right, by the end of next month Venezuela will be controlled by ISIS

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Wait, I thought Trump was their president now. He must have realized he can't kidnap himself.

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

It was a brilliant, tremendous kidnapping, I aced it! That's why they left me in my place.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Strong mission accomplished vibes

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 2 points 1 day ago

Standard procedure, have someone to blame in place.

[–] homes@piefed.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Looks like Miss Nobel prize might have another crack at the office

He hates it when you call him that you know.

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