You do however understate things a bit. I had a neighbor who went bust too - he gambled his money away completely. Turns out the medication he was on had the side effect of inducing manic behavior . . .That is one thing. Running a slave plantation is another.
Invading Venezuela is about like kicking down the door of someone in hospice and putting a bullet in their head. Unnecessary, and creates a lot of resentment.
I know it’s not as fun as a war, and all the hit movies we’ll get out of it, but all we need to do there is put out the word that we will ve very friendly to whoever overthrows the Venezuelan government.
No need to spend one Thin dime. Especially since we don’t have any dimes. I’m not sure I understand the wisdom of borrowing money from China to go invade Venezuela.