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   KWills wrote in   
   news:l3uimkl9lf233gh1emg2fs9f4c5l9s6ncn@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:46:12 -0000 (UTC), Webbster    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>Great news! Yesterday President Trump spoke to the current unelected   
   >>dictator in charge of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez.¹   
   >>   
   >>You may recall that Rodríguez is a socialist revolutionary who was   
   >>Nicolás Maduro’s partner in crime. Having just installed her as Madam   
   >>Presidenté, Trump called her “a terrific person” and said that his   
   >>partnership with Venezuela “will be a spectacular one.”   
   >>   
   >>I know what you’re thinking: How is this possible? What about freedom   
   >>for the Venezuelan people? What about the evils of socialism? What is   
   >>Trump’s angle?   
   >>   
   >>Well, there are two answers to that.   
   >>   
   >>The first is Trump’s personal angle. This week the U.S. government   
   >>made its first sale of Venezuelan oil and pocketed $500 million. Would   
   >>you like to know where that money is being held?   
   >>   
   >>In accounts in Qatar.   
   >>   
   >>Why Qatar?   
   >>   
   >>For starters, because government accounts in Qatar are controlled by   
   >>the executive branch and not Congress. Trump is continuing to create   
   >>his own funding stream for the government² that can operate   
   >>independently of congressional approval or oversight. He is severing   
   >>the linkage between the legislature and the purse and attempting to   
   >>concentrate access to capital in the hands of the executive.   
   >>   
   >>You know, like a king.   
   >   
   > Long may he reign over us!   
      
   Most American do not want a king - in fact the US was founded on the   
   principle of No Kings   
      
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