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David McCloskey

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The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

I mean, Trump was pretty blunt when he was asked whether the U.S.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

would cut Cuba off from Venezuelan supplies.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

He says, yes.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

And he had words for the Colombian president, Gustavo Pedro, who he told to, quote, watch his ass, which I think is, again, what would stop the U.S.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

from doing this?

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

If you can use this legal justification of any connection to the drug trade.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

Any profiting that you or your associates have done from drugs, if we can then come up with a legal justification that you are a narco-terrorist, we can get an indictment in the United States legal system, and then we can have...

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

Delta Force serve you with the indictment if you get out of line.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

I would be concerned if I were the Colombian president.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

Why not?

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

Again, everyone's got their history books out, Gordon, presumably at this point.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

I mean, we've had an era of what was called gunboat diplomacy in the United States, right?

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

Late 19th, early 20th centuries.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

It's interesting that Trump has explicitly highlighted

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

hung a portrait of William McKinley in the White House.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

I don't exactly know where it is or if it had been located somewhere else in the White House and was sort of moved.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

Maybe someone listening could inform us.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

But I think this sort of symbolic elevation of McKinley- Who expanded America, didn't he?

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

Who expanded America, presided over the military seizure of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

The Rest Is Classified
115. Intelligence Scoop: Why Venezuela Isn’t About Oil (Ep 2)

Right.