Quote Originally Posted by Sanlmar View Post
You guys embarrassing yourselves speculating about the grand plan. There is no chess being played by this crew.

Maduro likely just pissed off Trump and he was cancelled on some still bizarre charge. Trumpian geopolitics is ALWAYS a personal relationship with any given leader. Even then it’s like a high school romance. I love you. I hate you. We patch things up. It’s no deeper than that.

That we are now allegedly planning to occupy Venezuela is prolly just the result of our addled leaders riff. You think anyone in the cabinet knew about that? There was most likely no such plan and may well be TACO’d before a multiyear disaster ensues.

Then again no one has the sack to counsel Donald.

Anyway international rules have been cancelled and we will see what latitude China or Russia think they too are entitled to. Good times.

The authoritarian vision is indeed fast & efficient but it’s flawed in that it’s entirely character driven
Rinse and repeat, it's just more of the same old shit... much more brazen.

Your oil is our oil. Our interests trump your interests.
The oil isn't really the priority, your dollar is the number one concern.

I'll be super honest.
Nobody really cares less it directly effects them, I include myself in this group.
I don't really care, I own multiple properties, successful business. I'm surrounded with good'ish people.
Most of my crypto is gone and I'm sitting on a large hoard of silver.
My biggest dilemma today was which Rolex should I wear.

This is all rather entertaining really.