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In reply to the discussion: Trump Warns: 'We Had a Lot of Oil' In Venezuela And 'We Want It Back' [View all]hadEnuf
(3,604 posts)36. Not the same thing, but meant broadly to show the lies of claiming something as "ours" in order to go in
and steal land and resources.
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Trump Warns: 'We Had a Lot of Oil' In Venezuela And 'We Want It Back' [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Dec 2025
OP
"Not that long ago" e.g. in 2001 Hugo Chavez changed a bunch of rules about foreign involvement in the industry
AZJonnie
Dec 2025
#2
Our oil keeps slipping out from underneath our country. Self-deporting.
travelingthrulife
Dec 2025
#23
That's it exactly, and why we are friends with the brutal tyranny in Saudi Arabia
Walleye
Dec 2025
#9
Yup. And Trump was barking loudly at the time that we should steal their oil to pay for
travelingthrulife
Dec 2025
#24
The oil self-deports. Trying to slide away from the greed bags in the oil industry.
travelingthrulife
Dec 2025
#25
Col honey, try to keep up. Trump and Musk visited Ft Knox first thing he was in office.
Irish_Dem
Dec 2025
#10
The oil companies were kicked out when the oil was nationalized. They were offered a deal
travelingthrulife
Dec 2025
#26
He'd launch a fucking NUKE if it kept people off the Epstein files for a day or so
Bengus81
Dec 2025
#12
The psychopath wants to sit in front of screen and tell himself...............looky I am getting people killed.........
turbinetree
Dec 2025
#14
Yeah, and what was the Sudetenland doing sitting on top of German land in 1938?
hadEnuf
Dec 2025
#17
Not the same thing, but meant broadly to show the lies of claiming something as "ours" in order to go in
hadEnuf
Dec 2025
#36
You'd think a real estate mogul would understand the concept of "property rights"?
Turbineguy
Dec 2025
#27
Like a little kid who sees something he likes and screams "That's mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Dec 2025
#37
We invested our tax dollars into this country NOT GRIFTERS. We WANT our money back!
chowder66
Dec 2025
#38