• Kallestar@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    It’s like he thinks all of politics is just a big version of the board game Risk.
    What’s happening over there? SEND THE MILITARY!
    What’s going on in that town in my own country? SEND THE MILITARY!
    What’s that noise in the hall, and who’s that creepy lady in a hat?? SEND THE MILITARY! Melania Looking Spooky In A Hat, as usual

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    1 day ago

    Ah, yes, Nigeria, our mortal enemy.

    Wouldn’t have anything to do with distracting people from the building of the Epstein Ballroom at the White House, would it?

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      No. It wouldn’t. Why are you people so willing to believe that these fascists are motivated by avoiding public scrutiny? Trump was convicted of 39 felonies. He’s not so afraid of being tied to Epstein in the public eye that he would overstretch the US military.

      There are other reasons for these actions.

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          24 hours ago

          What are you talking about? He stores top secret documents at a private resort. He gives no shits. The nat sec apparatus has been in charge of Trump’s career since well before he had political ambitions. Trump’s connections with organized crime, international real estate, international oligarchs (like himself), and his family’s extensive connections all put him right in the core of the intelligence scope of multiple nations. His connections with Epstein and Epstein’s connections with the nat sec apparatus are the easiest connection make.

          No. Trump is not driven by trying to distract everyone from the Epstein case.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_Nigeria

          Although Libya has more reserves, there were 37.2 billion barrels (5.91×109 m3) of proven oil reserves in Nigeria as of 2011, ranking the country as the largest oil producer in Africa and the 11th largest in the world

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_Venezuela

          The proven oil reserves in Venezuela are recognized as the largest in the world, totaling 300 billion barrels (4.8×1010 m3) as of 1 January 2014