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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by sandworm101 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:08AM (#46478234)
People say that, but the sight of say Russian/Mexican/Chinese/Canadian troops parachuting onto the whitehouse lawn to abduct a sitting president, no doubt killing many in the process, would be such an afront that domestic politics wouldnt matter.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by amitav1 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:08PM (#46478997)
C-canadian??
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by testing22321 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @09:32PM (#46484217)
They can burn the whitehouse down. Again.
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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by andsoitis on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:39AM (#46478621)
> I would welcome any method to depose them.

So just to be clear, you think that Trump and the GOP are so bad you would welcome Xi or Putin launching an assault on US soil and depose him?

To push your point even further: do you feel so strongly that you would volunteer to help?

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by coldpie on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:34PM (#46479300)
> Putin launching an assault on US soil

This already happened. Trump lead a Russia-backed coup against the United States in January, 2021 to overturn the 2020 election and illegally take the presidency. It failed, but he and every government employee who supported him after that is guilty of treason and is serving illegitimately.

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by andsoitis on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:44PM (#46479396)
> and is serving illegitimately.

Trump is president because he was elected by the American voter while the opposition was in power. I would not label that as illegitimate and I think it is dangerous to spread that narrative.

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by coldpie on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:52PM (#46479476)
Trump lead a coup against the US, is guilty of treason, and is ineligible for public office. I agree it is dangerous to have a traitor to the US in the presidency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_Un...

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by andsoitis on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:59PM (#46479553)
> Trump lead a coup against the US, is guilty of treason

Was he tried and convicted? If his successor and the opposition truly believed that why did they not go after him for it?

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by coldpie on Saturday January 03, 2026 @01:12PM (#46479704)
A lack of prosecution does not imply innocence. There were several attempts to go after him for it, but the courts are intentionally set up to favor the wealthy and powerful, in this case via infinite delay tactics. I still think it could've been done and I'll never forgive the Biden DOJ for delaying forever and letting him skate. He should've been in jail by February, serving his sentence by summer.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by JKCalhoun on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:54PM (#46479499)
I assumed they would be parachuting in on Mar-A-Lago or some golf course somewhere.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by empthought on Saturday January 03, 2026 @01:03PM (#46479602)
I think you vastly overestimate the value that people place on Trump. The GOP would swear in President Vance and count their blessings.