Washington, DC…This morning, Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined multiple news programs to discuss the Trump Administration’s decisive operation that successfully apprehended indicted narcoterrorist and illegitimate former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. Secretary Rubio underscored President Donald J. Trump’s ironclad commitment to preventing the Western Hemisphere from becoming a safe haven for drug traffickers, Iranian proxies, or hostile regimes that endanger our national security — declaring the days of weakness are over and the U.S. will deploy every tool to eradicate these threats from our backyard.
- “There’s not a war. We are at war against drug trafficking organizations — not a war against Venezuela.” (Watch)
- “We don’t have U.S. forces on the ground in Venezuela. They were on the ground for about two hours when they went to capture Maduro… What the President is saying is very simple — and that is as President of the United States, he is not going to go around telling people what he’s not going to do.” (Watch)
- “This is the Western Hemisphere. This is where we live — and we’re not going to allow the Western Hemisphere to be a base of operation for adversaries, competitors, and rivals of the United States.” (Watch)
- “The first steps are securing what’s in the national interest of the United States and also beneficial to the people of Venezuela, and those are the things that we’re focused on right now. No more drug trafficking. No more Iran, Hezbollah presence there. No more using the oil industry to enrich all our adversaries around the world.” (Watch)
- “This was not an action that required congressional approval. In fact, it couldn’t require congressional approval because this was not an invasion. This is not an extended military operation… We will seek congressional approval for actions that require congressional approval. Otherwise, they’ll get congressional notification.” (Watch)
- “The whole foreign policy apparatus thinks everything is Libya, everything is Iraq, everything is Afghanistan. This is not the Middle East, and our mission here is very different. This is the Western Hemisphere.” (Watch)
- “The most immediate changes are the ones that are in the national interests of the United States. That’s why we’re involved here — because of how it applies and has a direct impact on the United States.” (Watch)
- “We’ve seen how our adversaries all over the world are exploiting and extracting resources from Africa, from every other country. They’re not going to do it in the Western Hemisphere. That is not going to happen under President Trump. Read our national security strategy. He is serious about it.” (Watch)
- “What we are going to react to is very simple: what do you do? Not what you’re saying publicly, what happens… Do the drugs stop coming? Are the changes made? Is Iran expelled? Is Hezbollah and Iran no longer able to operate against our interests from Venezuela?” (Watch)
- “It’s running policy — the policy with regards to this. We want Venezuela to move in a certain direction because not only do we think it’s good for the people of Venezuela, it’s in our national interest.” (Watch)
- “We retain all the options we had before this raid and this capture and this arrest… until such time as changes are made.” (Watch)
- “In the Biden Administration, they had a $25 million reward for [Maduro’s] capture — so we have a reward for his capture but we’re not going to enforce it? That’s the difference between President Trump and everybody else… President Trump did something about it.” (Watch)
- “Until they address [the problems], they will continue to face this oil quarantine. They will continue to face pressure from the United States. We will continue to target drug boats if they try to run towards the United States. We will continue to seize the boats that are sanctioned with court orders. We will continue to do that and potentially other things until the things we need to see addressed are addressed… The number one thing we care about is the safety, security, wellbeing, and prosperity of the United States.” (Watch)
- “Maduro is not just an indicted drug trafficker; he was an illegitimate president. He was not the head of state. I continue to see these media reports referring to him as ‘President Maduro’ and the ‘head of state.’ He was not the head of state.” (Watch)
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The Tards believe it’s a playground for the corrupt, from the scams that have been going on in Minnesota, to California, and everywhere else brought on by a party that is so corrupt you couldn’t begin to name them all! Hail Somalia, Venezuela, and the rest of the crap hole countries that invaded us while Joie was asleep at the wheel!
Plenty of live video on the invasion, and we are supposed to sit on our hands and watch this destruction! Don’t think so!
Don’t insult our intelligence Rubio. We know what’s up with Venezuala, and it has nothing to do with drugs. Your “base”, the MAGA idiots may fall for your line of bull, but anyone with a shred of intelligence know what this is all about. Next up is Cuba, maybe Columbia, then unbelievably Greenland. Sell the drug line to all of those wanting to takeover Greenland……………..You have convinced the MAGA morons, guess that’s all you need to do, because our government, our congress, has completely bent over, dropped their drawers, and let you fuck the shhit outof them………………..
Wow, I can’t believe a republican president did what the last 3 republican presidents did and launched us into a recession and a useless war for oil.
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Why doesn’t this corrupt administration try paying down our national debt and work on our economy. Chumps is never going to get his peace prize for starting wars.
Little Marco doesn’t even have to get on his knees. He can just walk right under Trumps desk in the Oral Office, Trumps crotch head high, and proceed to suck on Trumps miniscule cock. Its obvious he does, right Little Marco??
Who want’s a Sec of State that doesn’t have scrupples??? Little Marco showed how much self respect he has when he caved to Trump and let Don belittle him in front of the entire nation on national TV.
Little Marco is a spineless little spic, using a spineless big prick to get ahead in life. Both Lil’ Marco and TACO Don will go down in history as shit stains on the face of America.
No doubt about that. In the meantime, both will enrich themselves at the cost of losing America’s standing in the international community. They, and apparently all of the brain dead Trumpers around here, could give a shit less about America’s standing. Sad.
Our grandchildren will pay the ultimate price.
How many deaths were there in Murphys over the invasion of the GayBays over the holidays at the new and improved median?
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