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More from #MarcoRubio #Senate hearing on #Venezuela, when #RandPaul is the sane person in the conversation …

PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?

RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition

PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!

#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #oil #sovereignty
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/28/nx-s1-5690365/rubio-senate-venezuela

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 3 days ago

Looking into this I find myself shocked to be citing Fox Business, but they were interviewing a Republican who seriously gave the unvarnished & corrupt truth about the situation∶

Rep Thomas #Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday criticized the Trump admin for how it is using the #oil seized from #Venezuela earlier this month, saying #Trump cannot sell the oil for "his own piggy bank."

#geopolitics #law #Congress #Constitution #criminal #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/massie-blasts-trump-selling-venezuelan-oil-for-his-own-piggy-bank

Fox Business

Massie blasts Trump for selling 'stolen' Venezuelan oil 'for his own piggy bank'

Rep. Thomas Massie criticized President Donald Trump's handling of seized Venezuelan oil, arguing the president cannot legally sell it for "his own piggy bank."

GhostOnTheHalfShell

@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai replied · 3 days ago

@Nonilex

Of course….!

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 3 days ago

#Massie said the oil was "stolen" & that #Trump cannot "legally create a second #Treasury overseas for his own piggy bank."

"Selling stolen #oil & putting billions of dollars in a bank in #Qatar to be spent without Congressional approval is not Constitutional," Massie wrote on X. "Only #Congress can appropriate money."

#geopolitics #law #criminal #Venezuela #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 3 days ago

More from #MarcoRubio #Senate hearing on #Venezuela, when #RandPaul is the sane person in the conversation …

PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?

RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition

PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!

#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #oil #sovereignty
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/28/nx-s1-5690365/rubio-senate-venezuela

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 3 days ago

#RandPaul∶ What if a country indicts our president for violating a foreign law, should we extradite him or be okay if they get him by force?

#MarcoRubio∶ We're always going to act in our national interest

Paul∶ What I'm saying is our arguments are empty. It's a ruse. We do what we do because we have the force.

#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 3 days ago

Sen. #JeanneShaheen (D-NH)∶ It's been reported that the #oil sold for $500 million & $300 million went to the Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?

#MarcoRubio∶ It's still sitting in the account is my understanding.

Shaheen∶ The account in #Qatar?

Rubio∶ Yes.

#geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #corruption #Trump #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

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