Trump, just now: Military action not off the table for Venezuela

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

I guess preemptive action on North Korea must be off the table now.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

I wonder if he thinks bellicose rhetoric on North Korea upped his poll numbers, so he's doing more of it?

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Here's a link:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/11/trump-on-venezuela-im-not-going-to-rule-out-a-military-option.html

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[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

The timing of this is incredibly stupid.

What is Trump even trying to accomplish?

My best guess is nothing. Remember, Trump's default response is that of the kid who didn't study the material and definitely didn't do his homework called up in front of the class to answer a question. His thought process may look something like this:

Venezuela, Venezuela, yeah, yeah, they're a mess right now, we don't get along with them. This Maduro guy, I haven't met him, he's the wrong kind of dictator. He hasn't groveled for me at all.  What would Obama do? I don't know. I don't know what these reporters are talking about. Obama probably wouldn't do something military. Military has been working good for me lately. Syria, very Presidential. North Korea, poll numbers up. Don't wanna commit to anything though, never commit yourself. Oh man they're all staring at me.

"We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option, if necessary." Yeah, got 'em by surprise! They weren't expecting that! Boom, more attention to how hugely presidential I am!

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

It's the narcissism again.
He sees the news where they show him talking "tough" (supposedly) about North Korea, and he gets a major hard-on from that.
So like a 13-year child, he continues to talk in this manner to get more attention, but thinks nothing about the consequences of his neurotic words.
The man is very mentally ill !

Trump may articulate these issues at a 3rd grade level and through the medium of his narcissistic brain rage posting on Twitter and attention whoring for the media, but Trump's policies represent large financial and powerful interests within the United States. His Administration does nothing without having an underlying motivation for it - one which is obscured by the Democrats' and media's obsessions over his personal antics. If North Korea is attacked or Venezuela is invaded, it's not simply because Trump threw a tantrum - it was calculated, intentional, and aimed at achieving specific foreign policy objectives that advance particular American financial and power interests.

Trump is a mentally ill man who would be a very poor president even if he were sane. That's the reality. Sure, powerful interests may influence the government  in various ways. But seeing some sort of Illuminati-like plot behind his nonsense is just searching for comfort in some sort of order rather than acknowledging the reality: the Republican Party and their fellow travelers have put a stupid madman in charge of the most powerful military and economic engine in history.


http://time.com/3997033/conspiracy-theories/

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[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Pence says 'failed state' in Venezuela threatens United States
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-venezuela-pence-idUSKCN1AU1SN

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