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https://apnews.com/article/russia-venezuela-putin-maduro-fiona-hill-b26a94ceaba69c6ddd9193e2b31cb97f
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https://apnews.com/article/russia-venezuela-putin-maduro-fiona-hill-b26a94ceaba69c6ddd9193e2b31cb97f
Mediocreclient
China is going to have some things to say about someone else mucking around in South America
ChiefRunningFridge
Putin: I will simply just throw the poor from the east at the Ukrainians until they run out of bullets. Demographics are future Putin's problem and that guys an autocratic dick.
lonelyrangerofthedreams
Fuck both USA and Russia
hyppykettu
Hymmm is there a difference between
Says
Vs
Has been proven to have said
jalondon628
So… we’re pretty much pawns in a game of RISK… again?
NPaine
There is 0 reason for the US to care what russia thinks on the Venezuela topic.
Iblamemyparentstoo
But not trump...he's Putins bitch
Darklinkinfinite
GeneralPrower
Nobody's coming to save us.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
toshach33
I watched her testimony in 2019. She was impressive. I'm not at all surprised to hear that Trump and Putin are playing a game of tit-for-tat Risk together.
toshach33
I watched her testimony in 2019, under oath. She was impressive. If she said this was discussed, I believe her. And
Eyeetsass
We could have both. Why is Putin dictating terms, and giving us permission? Honestly our best land grab would be Russia. They’re weak. Their economy is in free fall. We could occupy Russia now, and Venezuela any old time we want.
dixxienormus
I've heard it before: "Strange men lying in Washington, distributing stolen Oil, is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not some moistened bint like KKKaroline."
Grimlinnan
Nazis need to hang.
69Voltage
Duh
Userlivewire
Russia doesn't have any control over Venezuela either. That is like telling someone it's ok to steal the neighbor across the street's car.
Profozpin
It's the f*****g Molotov-Ribbentrop pact again...
Iblamemyparentstoo
Of course
EricPisch
Titilve74
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1cDBwbXYwbm5nN24xeDlvcG9pZG5yd2h2d3F5bGMxdTVubTZzdXdidSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/AaQYP9zh24UFi/200w.webp
usernamethatsnottaken
WackyWavingInflatableArmFlailingTubman
Lmao what? That doesnt even make sense. Da fuq Russia going to do about it? They are stale mated against a country a third its size and are half way around the world. Its logistically impossible to do jack shit.
nation543
This odds bothersome because neither country belongs to neither the US or Russia
backrideup9
*reign. Morons.
DeadWhiteMale
See https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=free+rein%2C+free+reign&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3 for actual usage
RestlessVagabond
phoenix0path
Telling the world you cannot read, cannot think critically, and are incapable of searching Google all at once; all while displaying the confidence of someone who can read, think critically, and double check Google just to make sure!
Nicely done!
If we're morons, what does that make you? Brain dead?
bittenicht39
Actually…. free rein is the correct form. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/usage-free-rein-vs-free-reign
oukid
"Reign" is an excellent pun, but you ruined it by writing "Morons."
Baconlovesyoutoo
Coulda gone with 'Morans' and been just fine.
Babomonkey
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/usage-free-rein-vs-free-reign
ParryLost
Why is the world so full of stupid people who are super-eager to show off how smart they think they are? So many problems are caused by this
SwordfishSomethings
Rein is also correct in this context. Reins are what you lead a horse around with.
bittenicht39
True. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/usage-free-rein-vs-free-reign
Babomonkey
It's not that it's 'also' correct, it IS correct and 'reign' is not. Reign might work contextually but the saying is 'free rein.'
Nanananahatman
This feels eerily similar to the Hitler Stalin deal
camn333
And they thought Trump would keep his end of the bargain? I have a feeling he'll also want a piece of Ukraine.
hsalonen3000
Oh the irony of peace in Ukraine depending on Trump not keeping his word. And the fact, that he does frequently not keep his word and straight out lie.
azgrak1
Ukraine has 3 to 5 trillion in rare earth minerals. Yeah, it’s already come out that they want to divide up Ukraine’s wealth. If we gave them the long range weapons they’ve asked for the war would have been over years ago.
pan069
Trump wants to consolidate the western hemisphere. That's why he wants to also take Greenland and make Canada the 51st state. He doesn't give a fuck about Ukraine, that's just there for negotiation purposes.
xj4low
Or that Putin would honor that agreement?
FleaTron
Hes already sold them F16 fighter jets with attack capabilities removed.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Nah, it's too inconventiently located. It's in Europe, which hates him more every day. Almost landlocked, with the only sea access being through the Black Sea, meaning he needs to stay on Turkey's good side. Then there's Russia next door... from an imperialist perspective, that's just not prime real estate.
He'd probably settle for a share in whatever Russian company gets the ressource contracts.
19marcurious57
Exactly. Piece, the bigger the better
ChiefRunningFridge
Depends who jangled keys in front of him last and what side of the bed he rolled out of. You know convinced him by telling him that he would rule over a whole hemisphere like a grand empire. Since hemisphere became his new word of the month I assume they then had to explain to him how big a hemisphere is.
Gestalt7
Miztakebb
Probably just the young girls...
gtollie
Trump’s first order of business… reopen Isla Margarita for “tourists”
Toqom
There's already another island the billionaires are using, they were all there for new years and it was right next to Epstein's
alcamar
Naw, for now they're going to carve up the world. Russia is going to go for Europe, China for Asia, and the US for the Americas. I'm guessing Israel gets a shot at the Middle East, though I'm not certain that'll stick or not.
Fuck this timeline
Frenchgeek
https://youtu.be/9nfbeK5LAl0
misstuttlebaughtham
cabalin
Is this what Republicans meant about America First because it’s certainly not about the welfare of US citizens
Magjee
It would be more like the US attempting to hold North America down to most of South America for itself. The EU holding itself together with some interconnectivity with North Africa. China backing up Russia while holding power of much of Asia and Central through Southern Africa. The Pacific, I'm not sure what's going to happen there, Australia will likely just keep pumping out resources and staying out of trouble.
Infinias
Russian is going where exactly? Against the combined military of the EU? Yes. Totally. That will be the biggest ass whooping in history. And then the long term plan from Germany comes finally true: occupation of Moscow.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
I see what you're doing. You're trying to give us a taste for liberating desolate shitholes full of nationalist arseholes, slobbering fanatics, and apathetic cowards that keep exporting war to the world. Because you hope we won't stop there.
Nice try, American.
Sebastopol140
Hahaha yes!!
Kehy
So Russia gets carved up instead. Might not be a bad idea
Icanhearwhatyouresayingandtheanswerisno
Nicht mal geschenkt
turbodog
Warum nicht? You did quite well cleaning up the wreck of the DDR. Eventually.
Icanhearwhatyouresayingandtheanswerisno
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Except they have the biggest percentage of Putin brown-nosers in the entire country, and later this year will probably give us our first fascist governor-equivalents since WWII.
Gestalt7
I love the spirit, not going to lie. But nobody is invading a nuclear power. Just because it's stupid doesn't mean Trump, or Putin, or Benny wouldn't glass parking lot a neighbor to prove a point.
expertLevelProcrastinator
sooo, theres no nukes in europe, you think?
Gestalt7
I didn't say that. I'm just saying that nobody is invading a country with nukes. MAD still applies and all of the major players are just crazy enough that we all believe they might do it if pressed.
TheMuellmann
Once nukes come into play, it's over. Then we are no longer in "retaliation" or "defense" territory, it's mutual destruction with no winners.