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He's going to change the tax code or something?
Right, but the argument there is that the
escalating internal chaos within Venezuela is then they can just figure it out, resolve it, and do what he's asking.
But really, if they're cut off from resources and all of the little oil that currently exists has been seized and put in a U.S.
account, like it's just, the expectation is that things just get worse there.
Like it just gets worse.
It gets more chaotic and nothing gets done.
Like it gets more fractured.
The Delce Rodriguez's tenuous grip on power falls apart.
Which, by the way, from a moral POV, the only way this is even remotely acceptable is when you were saying that Maduro stole an election.
We're going to get rid of him and change things so they could have elections in a democratic place in Venezuela.
If you're doing it from a pure, like, we are stealing.
and we're going to blockade this country until you do exactly what we say, not only is there not a single out of morality there, but I don't think it's going to work.
Yes, Delce Rodriguez is probably going to try and do what Trump says, but what is her capability?
How is she going to get this over the line?
I think the situation in Venezuela is really bad.
My understanding is that even in this past week, they've had to ramp up the amount of crackdowns
not only on journalists, but on like in the city streets of Caracas because people are...