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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I don't think "come or die" is really a deal.

[–] davetortoise@reddthat.com 17 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Trump gets:

  • Venezuelan oil and mineral wealth
  • cheap labour of Venezuelan people under occupation
  • PR win at a time when his approval is at an all time low
  • distraction from the Epstein files

Maduro gets:

  • to a escape a long and bloody war he'd probably lose
  • a cushy life in Florida with a new identity
  • safety for his family
  • escaping trial for anything he might have done during his presidency
[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (5 children)
  • How does trump get oil and minerals? He doesn't, because Venezuela is still an independent country and is not occupied by the USA.

  • The same is true for "cheap labor. They are not occupied. They will be electing a new president/government. Of course, the USA will try to install their own pawns to get that oil and minerals. But they still might fail.

  • How is this a PR win? A PR win amongst his 30% of cult followers maybe, I don't think it's gonna make anyone else like him.

  • Maduro is not getting a cushy life and a new identity. He is going to stand trial, and Trump will make a spectacle of it. Now that might win him some PR points.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 11 points 2 months ago

They are not occupied

Yet, you mean? I don't know what to expect anymore, so nothing is out of the question

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