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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSomeone should explain to Trump that he can't "surround" Venezuela with an armada:
Last edited Wed Dec 17, 2025, 07:25 AM - Edit history (1)
Surrounded by an armada, according to POTUS
— Doug Lindner (@douglindner.bsky.social) 2025-12-17T01:52:30.561Z
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Someone should explain to Trump that he can't "surround" Venezuela with an armada: (Original Post)
tblue37
Dec 2025
OP
Ignoring the "armada" stupidity, can someone try to tell me WTF he is talking about?
hlthe2b
Dec 2025
#3
Well, his post indicates that he thinks Venezuela was once part of the u.s.
mwmisses4289
Dec 2025
#4
rampartd
(4,634 posts)1. "biggest armada ever seen in south america"
uk had more at the falklands including hms hermes and hms invincible
and i am certain that the Argentines had at least that much. including a carrier, i think the vienticinco?
BH liberal
(129 posts)2. President Doofus...
keeps reminding us of how many subjects the blanket of his ignorance covers.
hlthe2b
(113,978 posts)3. Ignoring the "armada" stupidity, can someone try to tell me WTF he is talking about?
What "oil, land, and assets" has Venezuela supposedly "stole [sic]" from us?
mwmisses4289
(4,190 posts)4. Well, his post indicates that he thinks Venezuela was once part of the u.s.
Or it could be that he believes that when an american company goes to a foreign country try and sets up shop, the land the american company sets up on becomes american land.
malaise
(296,131 posts)5. Ding ding
We have a winner
Emrys
(9,101 posts)6. Maybe the sneaky Venezuelans have been drilling horizontally northward
and sucking out Dozy Don's precious fluids?