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    From Joseph Pereira@1:103/705 to All on Thu Jan 8 04:25:59 2026

    Trump states that Venezuela has agreed to a kind of buyout deal with the US regarding the supply of $2 billion in oil. This apparently allows Venezuela to prevent further US intervention? The deal would mean that oil tankers bound for China would now have to sail to the US. Trump is looking on all fronts to see how far he can go. If this deal with Venezuela is real, it means that investments in the US are now under pressure. After all, oil from Venezuela will compete fiercely with the more expensive American extraction.


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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Joseph Pereira on Thu Jan 8 07:51:22 2026
    Joseph Pereira wrote to All <=-


    Trump states that Venezuela has agreed to a kind of buyout deal with
    the US regarding the supply of $2 billion in oil. This apparently
    allows Venezuela to prevent further US intervention?

    What court would uphold a "deal" made under such duress? We've
    kidnapped a sovereign head of state who, as such, has certain
    immunities - and our president has already made not-so-thinly veiled
    threats to Maduro's erstwhile successor?


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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Kurt Weiske on Thu Jan 8 13:31:04 2026
    On 08 Jan 2026, Kurt Weiske said the following...


    What court would uphold a "deal" made under such duress? We've
    kidnapped a sovereign head of state who, as such, has certain
    immunities - and our president has already made not-so-thinly veiled
    threats to Maduro's erstwhile successor?


    He wasn't kidnapped... There was a warrant for V.D. the FBI with the aid of the US military exercised the 5 year old warrant.

    There were in and out in no time flat.

    No kidnapping... just the slow wheels of justice turning.

    This has happened in the past...

    Recall Panama and Noriega?? Recall Bin Laden and Pakistan... There are others.

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