Trump torpedoes Rubio's Venezuela message with chaotic new declaration

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Source: msn/The Daily Beast

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Donald Trump has thrown a wrench into Marco Rubio’s course correction on Venezuela by insisting the U.S. is “in charge” of the country just hours after his secretary of state walked back that claim.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday night, Trump once again implied that the U.S. will be running the South American country after the administration captured its leader, Nicolás Maduro, and charged him in New York with drug trafficking and “narco-terrorism” offenses.

“Don’t ask me who’s in charge, because I’ll give you an answer, and it’ll be very controversial,” Trump said, before immediately adding: “We’re in charge.”

Trump had already floated the idea during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Saturday, saying the U.S. would “run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.” Rubio, the president’s top diplomat, then sought to distance the administration from the suggestion that the U.S. intends to exercise outright control over Venezuela rather than its newly appointed acting leader, Delcy Rodríguez, who served as vice president under Maduro.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/trump-torpedoes-rubio-s-venezuela-message-with-chaotic-new-declaration/ar-AA1TBjbh

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[PJMcK]

1. Message clarity

It’s Trump’s enemy since he is a chaos agent.

[NJCher]

2. I don't think trump realizes

how much damage he's doing to himself with this kind of declaration. Rubio does, which is why he mitigated it.

Furthermore, trump is revealing how much of his motivation is due to his megalomania. Remember what he said to The Atlantic, which became the title of an article? "I run the country and the world."

[thought crime]

9. He also ran Portland OR for several years and no one noticed

But he actually does annoy the country and the world.

[PSPS]

3. "after the administration captured its leader"

Is this the latest addition to the style guide? Substituting "captured" for "kidnapped?"

[littlemissmartypants]

5. What "style guide"...?

[modrepub]

4. Throw Him For A Loop

And ask him who is “we”? Maybe Trump is one of those people who can’t refer to himself in the first person; illeism is the term I think.

Would be simple to figure out who’s actually in charge, but that would mean reporters having to actually go there and report what they see. It’s much more comfortable sitting in AF1 and placating a dementia patient I guess.

[Prairie Gates]

6. Rubio's message was We're going to threaten and extort them into doing exactly what we want.

Trump's is "We're in charge of Venezuela."

I don't know why people are pretending that these are different messages.

[ChicagoTeamster]

7. He neither understands nor cares whether his statements are truthful or grounded in reality

He probably thinks our generals and oil executives are talking to the government and oil industry managers in Venezuela. He probably hasn't even bothered to have a discussion with little Marco. Probably hasn't talked with him much the past year at all. He thinks that the world is as it exists in his dementia ravaged mind.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. The Kakistocracy rolls one