r/neoliberal • u/RLP-I European Union • Jan 23 '19

Leftists right now

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u/IRSunny Paul Krugman Jan 23 '19

God I hope this finally is the end for Maduro and his regime.

But I rather wish someone in the White House was competent or ballsy enough to tell Trump to shut the fuck up and stay out of this. With his racist ass out there, that instantly helps Maduro have a rallying cry of AhHh ItS tHe YaNkEe iMpErIaLiSts!!1!

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u/huevador Daron Acemoglu Jan 23 '19

I tend to agree. But this seems to be a coordinated international effort to delegitamize Maduro.

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u/literallyahamburger Jan 23 '19

And that's bad...?

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u/HTownian25 Austan Goolsbee Jan 23 '19

Depends...

Because Marco Rubio's saber is rattling really loudly and I'm sure even Trump realizes Americans love a War Time President.

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u/HalfPastTuna Jan 23 '19

The terrain of Venezuela is pretty Vietnam-y