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Tommy Carcetti

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13. Gotta wonder if this is part of the game...

Reply to Coldwater (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 10:06 AM

Jan 7

...with the end result being the tanker being released, Maduro being sent to exile to Russia (as is the case with many a deposed leader), and a more openly "flexible" Trump when it comes to matters such as Ukraine.

I'm still not convinced that's not going to be the end result, given Fiona Hill's 2019 testimony.

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