Ignore everything Trump says about Venezuela

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The United States just waged a very quick regime-change war without congressional authorization after consulting the oil companies on the operation. We will run the country for the time being, and getting those oil companies in to pump the oil was the central objective of the attack.

That’s what you would believe if you listened to President Donald Trump describe our military operation in Venezuela.

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