Foreign Affairs
Related: About this forumVenezuela is a failed state that has to import up to 80% of their food.
Trump just took away their oil revenues which will further impoverish the country. Unless Trump has a plan to support the people of Venezuela there could be mass famine within a month.
Posted by Jake Broe. See the video explainer at the link
https://substack.com/@jakebroe/note/c-195421806
kerouac2
(1,519 posts)Since our farmers lost biz. Topple foreign governments and use their resources to buy us goods and food. That's one way to improve trade deficit I guess ...
BootinUp
(51,652 posts)And I bet he'd create a trump biz to handle it for a modest fee
Ray Bruns
(6,779 posts)Trump has a plan? Thats a good one.
BootinUp
(51,652 posts)kerouac2
(1,519 posts)And learned helplessness isn't going to help either. The more they get away with, the less resistance they will get. It's exhausting.
kerouac2
(1,519 posts)Will likely start doling out presidencies like ambassadorships to only the best people.
mitch96
(15,879 posts)
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