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Trump Pledges to Do ‘Whatever Is Necessary’ to ‘Fix’ Venezuela
Breitbart ^ | May 18, 2017 | Kristina Wong

Posted on 05/19/2017 4:32:54 AM PDT by monkapotamus

“People don’t have enough to eat. People have no food. There’s great violence. And we will do whatever is necessary, and we’ll work together to do whatever is necessary to help with fixing that, and I’m really talking on a humanitarian level,” Trump said.

Trump’s remarks came during a joint press conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at the White House. Western Venezuela shares a long border with Colombia.

President Trump did not specify what kind of help the U.S. would provide but said the U.S. would work with Colombia and other countries. Congress recently approved $450 million in aid for Colombia, proposed during the Obama administration.

“A stable and peaceful Venezuela is in the best interest of the entire hemisphere. And America stands with all of the people in our great hemisphere yearning to be free,” Trump said.

Shortly after the press conference, the Treasury Department announced a new round of sanctions, freezing the assets in the U.S. of eight members of Venezuela’s Supreme Court, which recently attempted to nullify the nation’s legislature and grant itself the right to draft laws.

The Trump administration issued similar sanctions two months ago against Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami under the “Drug Kingpin Act” for his ties to multinational drug smuggling operations.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: globalist; gope; itsokbecausetrump; trump; venezuela
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To: BlackbirdSST

C’mon. I behaved so well over there in the Refugee Camp that I didn’t lose even one FB “friend”. <^..^>


21 posted on 05/19/2017 5:46:15 AM PDT by grania (only a pawn in their game)
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To: monkapotamus

I don’t mind feeding the hungry people, if we can.


22 posted on 05/19/2017 5:52:31 AM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: enumerated

That is..............THE POST OF THE DAY!


23 posted on 05/19/2017 5:55:25 AM PDT by dforest
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To: monkapotamus

There is no amount of money or humanitarian aid that will “fix” a socialist hell hole like Venezuela. The people will have to revolt and create a new constitution and representative government that respects private property rights.


24 posted on 05/19/2017 5:55:38 AM PDT by mtrott
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To: monkapotamus

Not our problem. What’s he going to do, occupy the country, take their oil, and put everyone on the dole? Sorry, yes, we should cut off the current government, close their oil sales, and starve out the current government and politicians. The locals can’t get hurt any worse. But who replaces them? At what cost to us? Are we going to get into nation building?


25 posted on 05/19/2017 5:56:39 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: monkapotamus

Trump needs to fix his own house first.


26 posted on 05/19/2017 6:00:01 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Reno89519
close their oil sales

Oil is fungible. Someone will buy it. Of course, they don't seem to be capable of even maintaining their refining infrastructure, supply chain, grid, etc. Cuba has managed to cling on for a while, but thankfully, Venezuela is not an island. Brazil isn't much better, but Colombia co0mparatively has its act together (despite narcowars), and they have a vested interest in the collapse of the regime.
27 posted on 05/19/2017 6:08:06 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: monkapotamus

Umm, how about we fix America first?


28 posted on 05/19/2017 6:15:11 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: monkapotamus

I’d hire a half dozen of RoRo freighters, fill ‘em with food and medicine, and have ‘em stand off just outside the territorial limit.
When the heads of the Venezuelan leaders, generals, judges, and socialist party members are delivered to the escort ships in a big stack of duffle bags, then ID’d and checked off, the ships will pull in and begin unloading.


29 posted on 05/19/2017 6:19:08 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: monkapotamus

We’re now in the days of spreading the suffering. There really is no hope for this world. The United States has sacrificed many lives to get where it is and you can’t save the world. Trump is showing troubling signs.


30 posted on 05/19/2017 6:43:18 AM PDT by VermithraxPejorative
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To: silverleaf

The Kushners.


31 posted on 05/19/2017 6:43:45 AM PDT by VermithraxPejorative
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To: monkapotamus

I don’t know who his audience is.

His populist views make me think he supports the protesters not the government.


32 posted on 05/19/2017 7:05:16 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: monkapotamus

The President needs to make a Public Plea to the Millions of University Students and Bernie supporters who proudly proclaim their socialism, to go to Venezuela on behalf of the American People and show them how their beloved Socialism is supposed to work.

They should be jumping at the chance.


33 posted on 05/19/2017 7:19:20 AM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: dforest

Thanks.

And what a great day it is, having FR back up so we don’t have to venture into that awful slime pit that is FaceBook.


34 posted on 05/19/2017 7:27:53 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: monkapotamus
"we will do whatever is necessary"

NO NO NO. We must stay out of that hellhole. "Whatever is necessary" would mean taking down the Maduro regime. We don't need any big new commitments and we don't need the morass of Venezuela. Terrible situation, but it is NOT our problem to solve.
35 posted on 05/19/2017 7:32:16 AM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: monkapotamus

I have no problem with humanitarian aid.

The people who can fix the problem need food.


36 posted on 05/19/2017 7:44:45 AM PDT by FranklinsTower
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To: FranklinsTower
The people who can fix the problem need food.

Then you give food away, it puts the farmers out of business, and then you perpetuate the cycle of dependency on foreign aid. That is what has happened to Haiti. You have to support building infrastructure, not just dumping free food on them.

37 posted on 05/19/2017 7:46:47 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Apparently the farmers are not doing good business as people are starving to death.

The first priority is to keep the people who can change the situation alive. Then worry about farmer’s businesses and infrastructure later.


38 posted on 05/19/2017 8:47:42 AM PDT by FranklinsTower
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To: VermithraxPejorative

Yes, Ivanka probably saw a sad photo on her FB feed.
“Daddy, do something!” syndrome.


39 posted on 05/19/2017 9:03:41 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: monkapotamus

Send all the Democrats there. That’ll fix it good!!


40 posted on 05/19/2017 10:20:45 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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