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He’s threatening again!

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ayse Sun 11-Jan-26 14:55:12

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2kv2gn62vo

BBC has recently posted this. They are now telling Cuba they must make a deal or suffer the consequences! Last time this happened we nearly had a nuclear war USA v USSR!

This is a bit of a frightened time.

CariadAgain Mon 12-Jan-26 14:17:04

I've gathered he's realised Canada is too big to take them on in a fight.

So he's got Venezuela and is after Greenland and Cuba too afaik.

Shame we can't send him down to the South Pole - where I've read some very "interesting" accounts of what can be found there - which may or may not be true - but he'll do for a fallguy to check it out.

Bazza Mon 12-Jan-26 14:12:17

I haven’t heard about Trump’s designs on Canada lately. Perhaps he’s forgotten!

suelld Mon 12-Jan-26 14:11:51

Aveline

American oil companies have said they won't get involved as the oil infrastructure in Venezuela would've too expensive to update.

I would think the Security question out there would be a prime factor too as Trump may have removed Maduro, but the reginpme behind him is still running things whatever Trump may say!

suelld Mon 12-Jan-26 14:09:57

Delene100

Aveline,very strange as Vance is married to an Indian woman.

He may have fallen for her originally, but she is no longer convenient for him as an Indian… been keeping an eye on this. As a career woman I get the impression she intensely dislikes all these politics. A much nicer more intelligent woman than most politicians wives

suelld Mon 12-Jan-26 14:06:22

Allira

What worries me is the people behind him too.

He is a loose cannon with little brain but there are more intelligent people who are putting ideas into his head.

Get rid of Trump and they will still be there.

Quite agree, if he should ‘fall’ somehow, there’s Vance propped up by Miller et al who are the moving forces behind all this. Vance swings in the wind depending on benefit to him! All nasty misogynistic white supremacists, and so called ‘Christians’ etc. All wanting to get back to an idealised 1930s/50s where white men ruled, women stayed in their place and blacks were slaves! Just horrendous!

Delene100 Mon 12-Jan-26 13:47:08

Aveline,very strange as Vance is married to an Indian woman.

Aveline Sun 11-Jan-26 20:12:44

American oil companies have said they won't get involved as the oil infrastructure in Venezuela would've too expensive to update.

Oreo Sun 11-Jan-26 20:09:23

Cuba relied on Venezuelan oil , maybe it can’t carry on without it.

Jane43 Sun 11-Jan-26 20:00:13

Aveline

Yes. Vance is a bad man. My friends family live in Kentucky. A state that vociferously supported Trump but now people are being very quiet. He's losing votes every time he opens his mouth.

Stephen Miller too, very dangerous with a history of associating with white supremacists.

Cossy Sun 11-Jan-26 19:48:20

DiamondLily

My son lives out there, and tells me it is volatile. But, the majority still seem to be supporting Trump wih whatever he does, although it varies, state by state,

That’s truly scary!

Witzend Sun 11-Jan-26 19:33:36

Allira

What worries me is the people behind him too.

He is a loose cannon with little brain but there are more intelligent people who are putting ideas into his head.

Get rid of Trump and they will still be there.

I was just talking to a sister who’s lived in the US since the 70s - she said the same, his ‘advisers’ are behind a lot of it, encouraging him.

However IMO he’s still a very dangerous narcissistic megalomaniac.

ayse Sun 11-Jan-26 19:00:38

Thanks Adeline for the additional information. Very wealthy individuals are behind this imo, including Trump. Will the USA military support all these threats, especially those against recent allies?

Ten years ago I wouldn’t have thought this possible in the USA.
No special relationship here!

Maremia Sun 11-Jan-26 17:40:27

Trump is the monkey, but he is also the one who for some reason 'charms' his supporters.
Vance does not.
I think/hope that when Trump goes, the 'spell' will also go.

Aveline Sun 11-Jan-26 17:37:08

Yes. Vance is a bad man. My friends family live in Kentucky. A state that vociferously supported Trump but now people are being very quiet. He's losing votes every time he opens his mouth.

Fallingstar Sun 11-Jan-26 16:48:41

Allira

What worries me is the people behind him too.

He is a loose cannon with little brain but there are more intelligent people who are putting ideas into his head.

Get rid of Trump and they will still be there.

Yes. This is what I have been saying, surely Trump is the monkey not the organ grinder.

DiamondLily Sun 11-Jan-26 16:43:09

My son lives out there, and tells me it is volatile. But, the majority still seem to be supporting Trump wih whatever he does, although it varies, state by state,

Cossy Sun 11-Jan-26 16:41:33

It’s an absolute horrendous nightmare, and those in the UK who think this is 1) justified and 2) won’t affect us, need their heads examining (imo)

Allira Sun 11-Jan-26 16:35:45

What worries me is the people behind him too.

He is a loose cannon with little brain but there are more intelligent people who are putting ideas into his head.

Get rid of Trump and they will still be there.

Aveline Sun 11-Jan-26 16:19:04

Hundreds of thousands of Americans are protesting in the streets.

Maremia Sun 11-Jan-26 16:11:12

American citizens living in Venezuela have been advised to return home.
It's not working out as they planned there.

Maremia Sun 11-Jan-26 16:09:54

I was thinking that too Aveline. I know they have many resources and military firepower, but how would they cope on multiple fronts?

Aveline Sun 11-Jan-26 16:06:48

The Nobel committee have formally announced that the Peace prize cannot be transferred. This is in response to Trump's demands that the Venezuelan recipient should transfer hers to him.
Germany is sending 2 gunboats to Greenland and European countries are gathering to support Denmark. How can this idiot man have caused such international trouble?!

Aveline Sun 11-Jan-26 16:03:26

He's threatening Greenland, Cuba and Mexico plus has already invaded Venezuela. His ICE troops are all over American cities. How can he sustain these multi pronged attacks?
Meanwhile tens of thousands of tickets for the Olympics have been cancelled and FIFA are under fire to relocate the World cup. Nobody wants to go anywhere near America right now.

ayse Sun 11-Jan-26 15:52:18

Yes, numbers of USA citizens are waking up. American Democratic Senators have been threatened. Look up Heather Cox Richardson on UTube. She’s a Californian history professor and is rather good at explaining the seriousness of the situation.

AuntieE Sun 11-Jan-26 15:04:02

On the other hand, there are Americans out in the streets shouting "Trump must go" after the death of the poor woman shot by an ICE agent.

We haven't heard that before, have we?