The All Things Political Topic - SNAFU edition

[Malcador]

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-maria-corina-machado-weekend-interview/

The privatization will be good for US corpos.  Smedley would be proud.

[BruceVC]

14 hours ago, rjshae said:

Yes, the public already knows he's a sleezy philanderer, yet they elected him anyway. The only possible additional harm is an association with the underage sex activity. He already gets heavily criticized, so I'm not sure that's the concern. I do think he's worried this might cost him his base (and thus his Congressional power).

Yes but the Epstein scandal is different, its a  much greater type of crime and degeneracy. This is not like Trump  having affairs 

Some  people in MAGA already believe in conspiracy theories that "pedo and Satanic " circles have influence in government so the whole Epstein story aligns with this 

Trump would be aware of the damaging optics specifically around this story if it becomes public he knew about the underage sex and didnt say anything about it 

This is about loss of support from parts of his base, its not because of the people who already dont like him and dont vote for him 

 

 

[BruceVC]

4 hours ago, Malcador said:

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-maria-corina-machado-weekend-interview/

The privatization will be good for US corpos.  Smedley would be proud.

This interview is a few weeks old  and I watched parts of it when it was live and its still relevant 

I agree with basically everything she is saying around the illegitimate reality of Maduros government and how he ignored the results of the last election

She is the type of candidate that would be ideal for regime change because she has real domestic support within Venezuela  

And once Maduro is gone the country would need economic support from the likes of the US and the region 

It would be like Syria now that Assad is gone, small but steady steps to support the new leadership. But it takes time and effort  to reverse the damage done from a  failed state 

[Zoraptor]

Poor old Juan Guaido. A standing ovation in the the US Congress one day, off to the scrapyard of history the next. Someone must have finally pointed out his resemblance to a certain former President to Trump.

Still, I guess at least neither he nor Machado were deputy to ISIS' first caliph Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, which puts them one up on Al Jolani. That obviously stood her in good stead with the Nobel Committee.

[Malcador]

12 hours ago, BruceVC said:

And once Maduro is gone the country would need economic support from the likes of the US and the region 

Heh, yes, support is a good marketing term for it.  Wonder how clean it would go though, she doesn't have the backing of everyone.

Maduro should have been proactive and get as many AShMs from China and Russia as possible.

Edited 2 hours ago by Malcador