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They don't play by the rules that they themselves created. They are not a trustworthy partner.
Any country that can ought to be removing any and all dependencies on the USA as a matter of priority - as Europe is doing for military matters. It's actually pretty easy, you just schmooze the orange fuckwit and tell him everything's ok, and then you do what you want, incrementally so you can boil that frog.
In other words: a bunch of hot air. And will EU denizens agree to lowering their welfare spending to fund defense? Questionable, given the recent tantrums in France over raising the retirement age (which is objectively necessary for their budget.)
Finally, no superpower in the history of humanity has or will irrevocably bound themselves by the "rules they create" on the global stage. Expecting any superpower to do so is sheltered naïveté at best. The real world does not work that way, superpowers will do whatever they feel is in their best interest regardless of "international law" and this will never change so long as geopolitics exists.
The Gulf of Tonkin resolution authorized war in Vietnam. A Joint resolution authorized the Gulf War. Two of many counter examples.
Every US President since the end of WW2 has waged war without a formal declaration of war from Congress. And presidents from both parties will continue to do so.
This is not to say it's right or good. But there is surely widespread agreement that it is constitutional to do things like this, and there has been for nearly a century.
A regime is not a single person, e.g. Mr Maduro largely continued from Mr Chavez.
If it is true that Mr Maduro has been abducted, there will surely be changes to the regime in Venezuela. A complete change of regime, however, is not guaranteed. And trying to do it might require more application of forcer, with all the attendant risks of that.
can't wait for someone to kidnap trump as well
It’s not like the ruling party gives up power and dissolves in this situation. That level of regime change requires an invasion or coup.
This isn't over. There are so many ways how this can backfire. E.g. how long until a bunch of random Americans are kidnapped as a way to get him back?
And Putin?
Mark another instance of ignoring the US Constitution down. Sounds a bit like America has their very own dictator.
Did you vote to pardon drug bosses too?
> Dictators will go to sleep just slightly more terrified tomorrow night.
Not at all. They will simply route a bit more money into Trump's pockets and celebrate their newfound ally.
How can you talk about this as if it was a crusade for justice against dictators? Some people are just terminally gullible.
The irony of someone who (presumably, from statements) voted for Trump saying this while their own country tortures, disappears and in some cases murders thousands, plus potentially rigged elections...
Source on rigged elections? I didn't believe it when Trump cried wolf and I don't believe it when people think 2024 was rigged.
Edit: "But ICE!" - ICE is deporting (not torturing or murdering thousands of) non-citizens. They are doing a fantastic job (low false positive rate, maybe 10/300,000 with 0 permanent citizen deportations.) I am asking specifically about citizens.
Any non-citizens grabbed (very few! shockingly low false-positive rate, given 300k+ deportations) have been promptly let go.
We could have had a more formal process if the borders weren't opened to literally millions of illegals, but unfortunately that ship has sailed and this is the only practical way to deal with the problem.
ICE exists, and does all of those.
And nobody said citizen. Your posts reek of trolling.
The US certainly is not leading the scoreboard in the murder of my people; I regret to inform you that my own people lead the scoreboard in their own murder.
You voted for brown people on flimsy boats to be blown up in extrajudicial killings and for regime change? I thought MAGAs were all about love and peace unlike the war monger, Barrack Obama.
hold up, I'm a "brown person."
Those people were trafficking drugs (as evidenced by the pallets of cocaine that fell out of their absurdly overpowered "fishing boat.")
I don't really care about extrajudicial killings of drug traffickers, as someone that has been impacted by them.
People love drugs. They really want to get hold of them. Someone is going to keep supplying drugs, no matter how many lackeys you blow up.
For most boats, it's not a straight shot to the US, they often refuel from boats at sea or utilize refueling points in Central America; or perform a handoff in Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic.
They don't "need the fuel to get back," the boats are scuttled on arrival. The value of the boats and fuel is a rounding error compared to the value of the drugs.
Let's not even talk about the killing of shipwrecked people who are hors de combat according to the Geneva Convention. Even the Nazis during unrestricted submarine warfare had the decency of not murdering shipwrecked crews and passengers. We are truly in a wretched time when nothing matters anymore.
I don't believe you have any evidence that this is the plan - what if democratic elections are held again?
In any case, even if it does happen: Far better than a dictator unfriendly to our interests.
You’re contradicting yourself.
Thanks for calling out my bullshit, sincerely.