Comments on: What Happens Next? Nobody Knows. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2026/01/05/what-happens-next-nobody-knows/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 23 May 2026 06:14:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2026/01/05/what-happens-next-nobody-knows/#comment-221696 nypoet22 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:06:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=27159#comment-221696 i found it interesting to note how china immediately tried to draw a distinction, saying their attack on Taiwan will be different, because that's an "internal" matter, and Taiwan isn't really its own country, kind of like how putin is claiming its attack on ukraine is just fine because ukraine is not really its own country. i don't love donald's decision, nor his lack of planning for the aftermath, but i do like how it exposes the regimes in Russia and China for the hypocrites they are. i found it interesting to note how china immediately tried to draw a distinction, saying their attack on Taiwan will be different, because that's an "internal" matter, and Taiwan isn't really its own country, kind of like how putin is claiming its attack on ukraine is just fine because ukraine is not really its own country. i don't love donald's decision, nor his lack of planning for the aftermath, but i do like how it exposes the regimes in Russia and China for the hypocrites they are.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2026/01/05/what-happens-next-nobody-knows/#comment-221695 Kick Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:06:46 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=27159#comment-221695 <i>But putting the concept of Marco Rubio "running" Venezuela aside (Rubio certainly wasn't backing up Trump's claim in Sunday morning interviews yesterday), what this means is that the Venezuelan regime is still in place and still in charge. </i> Exactly! There is no regime change whatsoever. <i>We snatched away the president, but his administration is still intact -- and Trump seems fine with them running things, at least as long as they give up all their oil to us. </i> Exactly. Maduro's vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, has been sworn in as "acting president," and she is (currently) supported by both the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (Venezuela's military) and senior officials of PSUV, Partido Socialista Unido De Venezuela, translated: United Socialist Party of Venezuela, the main ruling party of Venezuela since 2007, i.e. the party of Maduro, still firmly in power despite the removal of the president and his wife. At first glance, it definitely appears that Hair Dick Tater and his merry band of Fox Newsian morons did not take into account the 2,000+ admirals and generals in the Venezuelan armed forces who have two primary sources of income: (1) oil being sold (mostly) to China and (2) drug money. Under those factual circumstances, it's hysterical to watch Imperialist Trump bellowing loudly while threatening multiple other sovereign nations about the United States now being in charge of Venezuela when he's basically simply ordered the violation of multiple laws in order to remove two persons of an authoritarian regime and otherwise leaving that regime largely intact and hoping to share the wealth. If I was a representative in Congress, I would quickly be suggesting the investigation of the stock trades of my colleagues and their families because this definitely isn't about helping the people of Venezuela establish democracy, it's about lining their own pockets. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The GOP is painting itself into a corner. But putting the concept of Marco Rubio "running" Venezuela aside (Rubio certainly wasn't backing up Trump's claim in Sunday morning interviews yesterday), what this means is that the Venezuelan regime is still in place and still in charge.

Exactly! There is no regime change whatsoever.

We snatched away the president, but his administration is still intact -- and Trump seems fine with them running things, at least as long as they give up all their oil to us.

Exactly. Maduro's vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, has been sworn in as "acting president," and she is (currently) supported by both the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (Venezuela's military) and senior officials of PSUV, Partido Socialista Unido De Venezuela, translated: United Socialist Party of Venezuela, the main ruling party of Venezuela since 2007, i.e. the party of Maduro, still firmly in power despite the removal of the president and his wife.

At first glance, it definitely appears that Hair Dick Tater and his merry band of Fox Newsian morons did not take into account the 2,000+ admirals and generals in the Venezuelan armed forces who have two primary sources of income: (1) oil being sold (mostly) to China and (2) drug money. Under those factual circumstances, it's hysterical to watch Imperialist Trump bellowing loudly while threatening multiple other sovereign nations about the United States now being in charge of Venezuela when he's basically simply ordered the violation of multiple laws in order to remove two persons of an authoritarian regime and otherwise leaving that regime largely intact and hoping to share the wealth.

If I was a representative in Congress, I would quickly be suggesting the investigation of the stock trades of my colleagues and their families because this definitely isn't about helping the people of Venezuela establish democracy, it's about lining their own pockets.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The GOP is painting itself into a corner.

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