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Getting Venezuela And Cuba Right

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Posted By: Judy W., 5/19/2026 11:49:34 AM

President Trump deserves the gratitude of all American patriots. He has singlehandedly stopped the slide towards chaos that Obama and Biden worked so hard to achieve; he was kneecapped in his first administration by disloyal, treasonous bureaucrats and Democrat Party extremists bent on destroying what generations of Americans have built. Like any other leader, the president is not all-knowing and all-seeing. While most of his supporters enjoy his humor and his readiness to boldly confront our enemies, foreign and domestic, there are times when somebody must speak bluntly to him when he is about to slip on a banana peel. This is one of those times.

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This is long but easy reading. It's very pro-Trump but chides him on really important things that he is not doing, like leaving the previous Venezuela government in power after he seized Maduro, and a number of other things that could backfire badly. It's hard to fault Trump when he is juggling so many things, but at least staff close to him should be looking out for warning signs. I hope he or some of his staff read this essay.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Strike3 5/19/2026 12:12:45 PM (No. 2106057)
Any opinion that contains "Trump should," "Trump should not" or Trump can't, especially one published by a member of the CIA propaganda team can be safely ignored. Those people have an agenda and it's usually not in the best interests of the United States but to make the CIA look good. The CIA failed miserably in an attempted takeover of Cuba during the JFK administration and got many good people killed. They were the people with the best and most accurate information on Cuba, or so they said.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: volksford 5/19/2026 12:43:17 PM (No. 2106064)
If the next presidential election were to seat a democrat president ,Venezuela would be full blown commie within a year . Dealing with a Marxist is a losing proposition
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Red Ghost 5/19/2026 12:55:52 PM (No. 2106069)
WOW. This article should be a must read. I hope President Trump and his advisors are reading it. I suspect Trump knows much of what this author is saying and as the author alludes to, the data presented in the article are being factored/have been factored into the administration's policies and strategies. The incredibly scary thing is the author's description of all of the traitors and spies that are embedded in our country. Peter Schweitzer's new book, The Invisible Coup, confirms much of what this author writes. I trust Trump and I firmly believe he understands the complexity of the global shattering policy he is embarking on, amidst a still very much traitorous government over which he presides. The mid-term elections are so critical because the global deep state, the players the author describes, I believe as they did in 2020, will do everything they can to ensure the elections are "won" by the dems, because should Trump hold on to the legislative branches, he will realize the total reordering of the globe.
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