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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 279. Ron Filipkowski Jan 4 …  Trump  ordered a military invasion of Venezuela with special forces to remove President  Nicolas Maduro  to the US where he is under criminal indictment. Trump made it clear in subsequent statements that this was primarily about taking control of the govt in order the seize Venezuela’s oil assets. Here are some quotes from Trump to various outlets in the 24 hours following the attack: “I mean, I watched it literally l like I was watching a television show. If you would’ve seen the speed, the violence - it was an amazing thing.” Trump on his justification for the invasion: “All the way back it dated to the Monroe Doctrines. And the Monroe Doctrine is a big deal. But we’ve superseded it by a lot. By a real lot. They now call it the Donroe Document. I don’t know. It’s Monroe Doctrine. We sort of forgot about it.” Trump on opposition leader María Corina Machado, who won the Nobel Peace Prize and has been s...

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