Why does Trump want to invade Venezuela?

[Kajun Gal]

[Sophia4]

1. Oil?

On edit, Venezuela is a very poorly managed country (and that is an understatement), but then we are not exactly well managed what with Trump in charge.

[hack89]

32. Why? We are an energy exporter now

We don’t need their oil.

[Sophia4]

43. To control the oil market.

[RandySF]

2. He an angry, racist, senile old man.

Very simple.

[marylandblue]

3. Because Poland is so 1939

[RandomAccess]

14. +1

[Hortensis]

27. :) Very good. How about because Poland is so NATO?

And Venezuela is not.

[ehrnst]

4. It would give him a chance to throw out the word "Socialist" as red meat to his base. (nt)

[Cattledog]

5. Same reason Reagan invaded Grenada.

A lift in the polls.

[Kajun Gal]

24. Lol! Ya gotta say though, he did get the sheep and goats! Haha!

[Doodley]

6. He thinks he gets respect by acting like a strongman.

[Hortensis]

40. That has to be a HUuuGE part of it. And he wants

to use our military. We know that. Why have it if we're not going to use it? He was speaking of nuclear bombs with that famous question, of course, but he's insisting on increasing our conventional military budget, even though many military experts say it's not needed.

I'm seriously also wondering if Putin's been doing some troublemaking horse-whispering in Trump's ear... Suggesting some version of carving up the planet between them?

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Because cadet bonespurs is fascinated w/ anything military for some reason, and wants to ...

finally play w/ some of these toys.

Pathetic. I don't think he realizes the true human impact of anything he does...

[The Genealogist]

16. There is only one human that matters to him, Numero Uno

People mean no more to him than tokens on a Monopoly or Risk board.

[lpbk2713]

8. Wants to build golf resorts on their beaches and islands?

[logosoco]

9. Do they have, or have they been resistant to trump branded properties?nt

[MrScorpio]

10. Because it's there

[Devil Child]

11. Monroe Doctrine and Pax Americana

Leaves the US Government believing it has right to intervene in the affairs of Latin America at any time for any reason.

[RainCaster]

12. Because it's easy

His generals said so.

[Thunderbeast]

13. OIL!

[Wellstone ruled]

20. You are the winner!!

[hack89]

31. We get all the VZ oil we want

It is not like their is any one else they can sell their oil to - it is so thick that few refineries can refine it.

[jpak]

15. Because "I love war...I'm very good at war... in a certain way"

Moran

[MineralMan]

17. Because he has no powers of reason.

He is defective in his mind in some way, or perhaps is just mean and stupid. It's difficult to distinguish between those options.

[fierywoman]

18. Because he's heard that war time presidents have more power. So he wants a "war."

[madinmaryland]

19. Well, apparently pResident tRump was getting his daily briefing from Fox & Friends,

when they said that three Brazilian soldiers were killed defending their border.

tRump got very quiet and a bit more Orange and looked at all of the staff members.

The staff members were all shocked at his reaction, but didn't know what to do...

tRump finally asked Steve Douche on F&F "how much is a brazillion". Steve Douche thought for what seemed to be hours on national TV before saying "something that needs to be kicked out of the US".

[GeorgeGist]

21. Parade

[lunasun]

22. $$$ Oil. $$$$ & install RW govmnt

[Vinca]

23. Because he has to prove he's a big, strong, tough guy.

It's only a matter of time before he turns up at one of his performances in a uniform and mirrored sunglasses.

[jmowreader]

25. Because the poll boost from winning the Bowling Green Massacre has finally evaporated

[no_hypocrisy]

26. 1) He gets to name a war after himself;

2) Steal their oil;
3) Traditional American Imperialism.

[dameatball]

28. I am not wealthy, but if Trump wants to invade Venezuela I will rent him a boat.

[dameatball]

29. Maybe he thinks Venezuela is in Canada? Ahem...no, that's Vancouver.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

30. Something ridiculous to say...

to make himself appear as if he's really in tune with/has his finger on the pulse of...world events. Fake it until you make it. He never thought he would be president. This is all OJT. If you ever doubt you can do a job you apply for...see dt. Say yes, then fake it til you make it. If this ahole can do it to the top job in the world....anyone can fumble through a corporate job (or whatever.). AND, really, an employer has no grounds to get upset (unless you applied for a job at Fort Detrick or Plum Island et al)

[Chickensoup]

33. Money is the main motivation to trump.

He is only seeking cover to his action
Of seizing other countries resources
including our own to make himself
richer. The man is mentally sick in my
Opinion. God help us all.

[Brother Buzz]

34. Shades of "Wag the Dog"

[Gothmog]

35. To steal the oil

trump is still upset that we did not steal Iraq's oil

[SummerSnow]

36. Oil! U.S. has always invaded countries that had monetary gains for them.

All of this 'liberate' the people bullshit has been said for years. Why the hell does Trump care about how people are treated in any Latin American country? If he is going to 'liberate' a country from oppression he can go to Central America and take care of that. If those people were actually liberated they could stay in their country and would not have to trek up to the U.S. seeking asylum. There, I solved his immigration issue.

[former9thward]

37. The U.S. does not want to invade Venezuela.

That is just silly. Venezuela is imploding due to incompetence of their government and no one wants to put together that mess.

[Chickensoup]

44. US does not but Trump does.

[Shrike47]

38. Because he wants a triumphant war to look good and figures we would win.

He wouldn’t touch a country that could fight back. Just because we have no reason to fight with Venezuela would not matter.

[Vogon_Glory]

39. I think he thinks it would be a splendid little war

That would earn him praise from his base and open new business and investment opportunities.

Venezuela, for all the misery inflicted by the Chavistas, is not like Spanish-held Cuba was in 1898. That the Venezuelans would probably resist is a thought that doesn’t seem to have occurred to him.

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Off-topic, does anyone remember the old canard “Democrat wars and Republican recessions”?

That seemed to have some truth until Desert Storm.

Then Dubya proved that you can have wars AND recessions while a Republican is in the White House.

I guess the Thump wants to have his turn.

[DBoon]

41. because Mussolini invaded Ethiopia

and Trump want to follow in Il Duce's steps

[dembotoz]

42. Like Iraq we would be welcome as liberators

Worked so well before