[CONSOLIDATED] Trump says Venezuelan President Maduro and wife 'captured and flown out' in 'large scale strike' by US

[hoolala]

 

[helloicanseeu]

got regime change meh? havent right? only maduro and his wife gone ...

 

[glarerder]

Means they now have to add uncle Sam to the discussions.

 

[hoolala]

Means they now have to add uncle Sam to the discussions.

Uncle Sam to be involved in 一带一路?

 

[archie7]

Venz have been using their crude oil to pay back China for the past decades

 

[t258jgn]

in exchange of crude oil. One less place to get cheap oil for tiongs

 

[glarerder]

Uncle Sam to be involved in 一带一路?

 

[focus1974]

Of course lah.

pump money so near USA.
USA will never allow people extend influence until so near.

Trump really is alpha male. Hoot jiu Hoot. MYBFD.

 

[Smarty22]

China was helpless seeing their investments evaporate following US attack
If China responded with military action would have triggered WW3

 

[hoolala]

China was helpless seeing their investments vaporise following US attack
If China responded with military action would have triggered WW3

Prison break ah?

 

[titusilvering]

Write off. Hosei. Sibei song

 

[blue666]

mybfd

China is weak US is strong

Technically speaking, if Trump to take over LW, will the rest of world help?

 

[titusilvering]

year of fire horse, burn ah burn

Mean xjp 马年犯太岁？

 

[GoneNuts]

Just print more lor... nowadays money just like paper.. everyone keep printing nia

 

[lalalalalala]

Uncle Sam to be involved in 一带一路?

If they join then the biggest suckers are sinkie. I remember we not happy malaysia and thailand join

 

[titusilvering]

Of course lah.

pump money so near USA.
USA will never allow people extend influence until so near.

Trump really is alpha male. Hoot jiu Hoot. MYBFD.

Actually i wish tiong come sg pump money and open banks. Then we also use till a lot and the ccp collapse liao mean we no need pay cuz roc and prc no same.

I think that's the thinking of those countries who loan money a lot tiongkok now.

你们说对不对？如果我的国家和共产党借钱和投资。但是共产党没了。我就不用还国民党。

 

[shock]

The money never benefits Venezuela people. So China money go where?

 

[focus1974]

Actually i wish tiong come sg pump money and open banks. Then we also use till a lot and the ccp collapse liao mean we no need pay cuz roc and prc no same.

I think that's the thinking of those countries who loan money a lot tiongkok now.

你们说对不对？如果我的国家和共产党借钱和投资。但是共产党没了。我就不用还国民党。

you want Lawrence tio tio transport back to USA ah!
..

 

[BlackWing1977]

VENEZUELA
1. Some people , even well-respected media, have responded to the capture of Maduro on Venezuela, with shock. They have called it unprecedented.
2. It’s not unprecedented. Nobody should be shocked.
3. On Dec 20 1989, the US invaded Panama and captured their de facto ruler Manuel Noriega. Delta Force was also responsible. He was taken to the US, indicted, tried and sentenced to 40 years in prison.
4. The US bases its foreign policy in the Americas on the Monroe doctrine. It was first articulated by President James Monroe in 1823.
5. The Monroe doctrine states that the US considers any foreign intervention in the affairs of the Americas, as a hostile act.
6. The Monroe doctrine basically asserts that the Americas are exclusively US’s sphere of influence, and will act with force to ensure this.
7. In Nov 2025, the Trump administration released The National Security Strategy. It reaffirms and goes further than the Monroe doctrine, declaring the entire Western Hemisphere as the US’s sphere of influence. This is the Trump Corollary to the Monroe doctrine.
8. Recently, Russia and especially China have been making moves in Venezuela. China supported Maduro and even sent ships to the Gulf of Paria to help monitor US activity in Aug 2025. China is Venezuela’s biggest customer of crude oil.
9. China supplied Venezuela with military equipment including fighter jets and radar.
10. All of these defences were dismantled by the US within 3 hours. They were a complete failure.
11. The US also launched its attack whilst China presidential envoys just concluded a meeting with Maduro
12. It was the most devastating and emphatic enforcement of the Monroe doctrine.
The US is not unique in circumscribing its sphere of influence.
China sees its near-regions as its sphere of influence. This includes an ally-treaty of mutual defence with North Korea. China invaded Vietnam in 1979 to support the Khmer Rouge. China, not Trump, made the Thais and Cambodians ceasefire.
Russia has used force to protect its interests in the Caucasus region many times. It invaded Ukraine for the same reasons.
Only the truly naive moralises about international relations.
Yes, we all aspire to a system of international law , but we should not expect this to be our first line of defence.
The US is still the pre eminent superpower in the world.

Those who believe in BRICS as a countervailing force , or China as credible military rival to the US, are simply deluded.
As a small state, Singapore should approach foreign affairs with pragmatic self-interest, not moralistic dogma.
- CC

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