How will Trump deal with the Venezuelan Guerrilla forces that control much of the Country and its mineral wealth.

[Blaster]

Because Iraq and Vietnam were such raving successes.

You are comparing apples to oranges.

 

[BS Filter]

Democrats here still haven't figured out that this President isn't going to fight wars like the previous presidents have.

 

[otto105]

Democrats here still haven't figured out thar this President isn't going to fight wars like the previous presidents have.

So, Congress declared war?

 

[Concerned American]

Do we know if any member of Trump's family has ever served in the US military?

LOL, Envy is a deadly sin.

 

[westwall]

Since Trump says the US will now run Venezuela, how will he deal with the Venezuelan insurgents who control much of its rare earth minerals and deposits.

Vast tracts of Venezuelan territory rich in critical and rare earth minerals are now controlled by Colombian guerrillas. “They have many armed people. They control everything, and nothing has changed. The only difference is that now most of the Indigenous people are there, with them,” said a young Indigenous Venezuelan we’ll call Carlos* for security reasons. He described how the National Liberation Army (ELN) seized areas rich in coltan, tin ore, and rare earth elements in the southwest of the country. The ELN now sits at the center of a new mining boom.

Most extraction occurs in the Venezuelan states of Amazonas and Bolívar. In Amazonas, mining is prohibited by decree. In Bolívar, it is concentrated in the government-declared Orinoco Mining Arc, established in 2016. While exact timelines are hard to confirm, there is general agreement that rudimentary extraction began around 15 years ago in Cedeño municipality, near a site called Morichalito, close to the Parguaza area….

By 2010, as the global race for critical minerals accelerated, buyers began to appear and local miners were displaced from their extraction sites. Carlos and Josué said that hundreds of armed ELN combatants began seizing the most productive mining sites in 2023, bringing new workers to the region.

When the guerrillas took control, Indigenous leaders were coerced, threatened, or bought off by irregular forces. Those unwilling to work under the guerrilla regime could only work at night, in hidden mining sites.

In Amazonas and northwestern Bolívar, where most critical mineral mines are located, the ELN’s José Daniel Pérez Carrero front and the Acacio Medina Segunda Marquetalia Front, a former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissident group, operated in alliance, dividing territory and mines while sharing drug-trafficking routes.

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Invasion, Violence and Plunder in Southern Venezuela: The Price of Global Defense and 'Clean Technology' - Amazon Underworld

In the Colombian-Venezuelan borderlands — from the arid, rocky savanna areas near the Orinoco River to the dense, fertile stretches of the Amazon rainforest — lie some of the most coveted minerals on Earth. Their existence exposes a stark contradiction: the critical minerals essential for green...

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Trump admits his invasion was about controlling Venezuelan oil resources but it is also about rare earth minerals that are abundant in Venezuela.

The question is how will Trump access these resources. How many troops will Trump commit to gain access to these minerals.

Maduro could not control these resources, so how will the US.

I suspect he'll kill them.

 

[georgephillip]

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[georgephillip]

LOL, Envy is a deadly sin.

Which member of Don the Con's family has ever served in the US military? It's not about envy; it's about cowardice.

 

[BS Filter]

So, Congress declared war?

Yeah, just like they did during Viet Nam and Korea when the Presidents were democrats.

 

[georgephillip]

 

[BS Filter]

Which member of Don the Con's family has ever served in the US military? It's not about envy; it's about cowardice.

Why is that an issue?

 

[scruffy]

The indigenous people will side with whoever feeds them. Most of the guerillas are Colombian. The mines are just a side show for them.

 

[Doc7505]

Trump said he wants to run Venezuela. He says Venezuelan oil and resources will pay for it. So how will he extract it and at what price.

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AI say's:
Trump stated that the U.S. will facilitate the extraction and sale of Venezuelan oil through the following methods:

• Direct Corporate Investment: Major U.S. oil companies will be sent into Venezuela to invest billions of dollars to "fix" and rebuild the country's "badly broken" oil infrastructure.
• U.S. Administrative Control: Trump stated a group of U.S. officials—including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth—will oversee the country's administration and oil production until a "proper transition" occurs.
• Military Presence: U.S. forces will remain in the country to provide security for oil companies and their operations, with Trump noting he is "not afraid of boots on the ground".
• Reimbursement Model: Trump specified that U.S. companies will be "reimbursed" for their upfront investments through the subsequent flow of oil.

 

[georgephillip]

Why is that an issue?

Because his kidnapping of a foreign leader required US military forces, and his promised occupation of Venezuela will require tens of thousands of US troops very few of which will come from the richest one percent of American families, like his.

 

[otto105]

I suspect he'll kill them.

So, boots on the ground.

And under what authority is he running the country.

 

[scruffy]

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AI say's:
Trump stated that the U.S. will facilitate the extraction and sale of Venezuelan oil through the following methods:

• Direct Corporate Investment: Major U.S. oil companies will be sent into Venezuela to invest billions of dollars to "fix" and rebuild the country's "badly broken" oil infrastructure.
• U.S. Administrative Control: Trump stated a group of U.S. officials—including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth—will oversee the country's administration and oil production until a "proper transition" occurs.
• Military Presence: U.S. forces will remain in the country to provide security for oil companies and their operations, with Trump noting he is "not afraid of boots on the ground".
• Reimbursement Model: Trump specified that U.S. companies will be "reimbursed" for their upfront investments through the subsequent flow of oil.

Shocking. He's bypassing IMF and World Bank?

 

[Couchpotato]

You don’t think Trump should be responsible for his actions when he acts independently?

I don’t think we should impeach Presidents based on the outcome of their policy/actions. If the actions in Venezuela are an impeachable offense it’s impeachable regardless of how it ends up.

Should we have impeached Obama for Syria or Libya? What about Yemen? All were failures. Libya is a complete shit show to this day due to our actions.

What law did Trump break with the actions in Venezuela?

 

[Concerned American]

Which member of Don the Con's family has ever served in the US military? It's not about envy; it's about cowardice.

LOL, admit it, you're envious that Barron was born with a silver spoon and you weren't. Meh. So was Soros and his kid. Are you whining about them as well? How about Asthma Joe or Student deferment Billy Bob Clinton. Get a life.

 

[Couchpotato]

Do we know if any member of Trump's family has ever served in the US military?

What would that have to do with the anything. We long ago abandoned putting any importance on military service when electing politicians.

 

[Couchpotato]

Because his kidnapping of a foreign leader required US military forces, and his promised occupation of Venezuela will require tens of thousands of US troops very few of which will come from the richest one percent of American families, like his.

I didn’t hear him say we were going to occupy Venezuela. We might but that’s not what he said.

 

[BS Filter]

Because his kidnapping of a foreign leader required US military forces, and his promised occupation of Venezuela will require tens of thousands of US troops very few of which will come from the richest one percent of American families, like his.

The President took a criminal.

The rest of your post is irrelevant bullshit.