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How is this a strategic victory long term

It seems the only people screaming about this are libs but w...
Charismatic brunch rigpig
  01/03/26
How are they going to pour into the US
sexy impressive rehab
  01/03/26
it will become an Israel 1st banana republic
Charismatic brunch rigpig
  01/03/26
It already was
sexy impressive rehab
  01/03/26
https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/2007836004745675119
Charismatic brunch rigpig
  01/04/26
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violent buck-toothed forum azn
  01/05/26
Destroy all our enemies everywhere.
diverse talking home
  01/03/26
It’s obviously retarded and proves beyond a reasonable...
Thriller site
  01/03/26
...
trip doobsian resort background story
  01/05/26
oh hai JD, cope
Iridescent Plaza Police Squad
  01/05/26
Main purpose is to control the oil. If usa doesn't control o...
Cheese-eating contagious party of the first part
  01/03/26
They sell a shitload of oil to the Chinks. We now control th...
electric medicated travel guidebook
  01/04/26
...
Arousing University
  01/05/26
"Some oil we don't need." Not really true IMO. The...
Crawly headpube useless brakes
  01/04/26
Ty, appreciate this
Charismatic brunch rigpig
  01/05/26
For sure. This topic has become my hobby horse in recent yea...
Crawly headpube useless brakes
  01/05/26
...
violent buck-toothed forum azn
  01/05/26
you forgot to mention that our TX/LA refineries are geared e...
Arousing University
  01/05/26
Good point. This is also something most people do not unders...
Crawly headpube useless brakes
  01/05/26
yeah Canadian imported oil is also super heavy not sure a...
Arousing University
  01/05/26
True on Canadian oil. Their "tar sand" is basicall...
Crawly headpube useless brakes
  01/05/26
like Charlemagne, Trump- the reigning Holy Roman Emperor wil...
Iridescent Plaza Police Squad
  01/05/26
we haven't gotten anything yet. literally everyone else in t...
Infuriating angry national
  01/05/26
we’ve gained a ton of influence my guess is that T...
Arousing University
  01/05/26
of course that's what he wants, but why would they give it t...
Infuriating angry national
  01/05/26
the same reason the Taliban didnt kill a single American tro...
Arousing University
  01/05/26


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Date: January 3rd, 2026 6:56 PM
Author: Charismatic brunch rigpig

It seems the only people screaming about this are libs but with the wrong priors re: international law

Dark brown Venezuelans will pour into the US despite the admins best efforts, its a proxy war on behalf of Israel? more nation building with billions going to afro mestizo strongmen & oil companies?

What do we get short term?

Some oil we dont need that kind of pwns russian market

"cartels" will stop selling drugs because we bombed a random city for 30mins that already had no running water & already went days without power

come ITT and tell me how this improves goy lives



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49560365)



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Date: January 3rd, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: sexy impressive rehab

How are they going to pour into the US

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49560371)



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Date: January 3rd, 2026 7:00 PM
Author: Charismatic brunch rigpig

it will become an Israel 1st banana republic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49560379)



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Date: January 3rd, 2026 7:01 PM
Author: sexy impressive rehab

It already was

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49560382)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: Charismatic brunch rigpig

https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/2007836004745675119

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49561801)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:17 PM
Author: violent buck-toothed forum azn



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564117)



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Date: January 3rd, 2026 7:02 PM
Author: diverse talking home

Destroy all our enemies everywhere.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49560385)



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Date: January 3rd, 2026 7:16 PM
Author: Thriller site

It’s obviously retarded and proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Little Marco’s neocon artistry now has total/global control over major policy questions in Trump 2.0 (as opposed to merely direct intervention in support of the interests of far right Israelis re settlements and territorial expansion, since that was always priced in to Trump 2.0). Presumably it was sold to Trump as 80s nostalgia ie “it will be just like when we took out Noriega!”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49560414)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:30 PM
Author: trip doobsian resort background story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564163)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:39 PM
Author: Iridescent Plaza Police Squad

oh hai JD, cope

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564194)



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Date: January 3rd, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: Cheese-eating contagious party of the first part

Main purpose is to control the oil. If usa doesn't control oil, usd goes bust. But if it does euro is begging to buy usa oil.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49560418)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 2:56 PM
Author: electric medicated travel guidebook

They sell a shitload of oil to the Chinks. We now control that oil. Also stopping drug cartels is a good thing. You demented fags feel the need to make everything about Israel.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49561836)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:22 PM
Author: Arousing University



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564133)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 3:09 PM
Author: Crawly headpube useless brakes

"Some oil we don't need." Not really true IMO. The oil in Venezuela is very different from the oil resources we have domestically and the oil that is found in the middle east. Much heavier and more "sour." Better for the production of diesel fuel and jet fuel, both of which have basically been at a plateau level for a decade or so. And both of which are essential for industrial production and the movement of goods. Previously this useful oil was primarily going to China and their allies. It could now come to us and our allies. Obviously this is an optimistic viewpoint.

Not saying that this is going to be some huge win for the US, but rather it should help keep the wheels turning on the western financial and economic engine for a bit more time than it would have otherwise.

This reminds me of all the questions people had around keeping interest rates low from 2010 - 2021. People argued that it wasn't doing anything for employment which is the wrong lens to look at this sort of stuff through. The point of the Fed and the point of this sort of kinetic action IMO is to maintain the functioning of the world economy as we've known it to the benefit of the US and its allies.

The problem is that the economy and financial system is stretched and the asset bubbles are very real. So keeping them going requires more-and-more extreme and kinetic actions.

Like many on XO, I'd prefer we just let the bubbles deflate and the economy re-sort more naturally. But if this is the route the elites want to take, Trump feels like the man for the job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49561861)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:16 PM
Author: Charismatic brunch rigpig

Ty, appreciate this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564112)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:34 PM
Author: Crawly headpube useless brakes

For sure. This topic has become my hobby horse in recent years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564174)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:17 PM
Author: violent buck-toothed forum azn



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564118)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:24 PM
Author: Arousing University

you forgot to mention that our TX/LA refineries are geared exactly towards this type of heavy oil

besides what our companies can make helping Venezuela extract the oil, we can make a ton of product at those refineries for export

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564143)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:33 PM
Author: Crawly headpube useless brakes

Good point. This is also something most people do not understand. Not all oil is created equal and not all refineries are created equal.

I am a bit rusty on this, but I believe that most of the oil we get through fracking is very light in nature. That's good and all, but we aren't actually well equipped to refine it into useful products. So we end up exporting a ton of oil to have it refined elsewhere and then imported back into the country.

It would be hugely, HUGELY beneficial to build some additional refinery capacity. And maybe that's something that can happen under Trump. But I'm not holding my breath.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564171)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:37 PM
Author: Arousing University

yeah Canadian imported oil is also super heavy

not sure about now, but yes I do remember we had to import a ton of gasoline and other products

refineries have been improved and expanded but I think we still haven’t built a totally new one for decades. if Trump can’t get this done, nobody can

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564183)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:50 PM
Author: Crawly headpube useless brakes

True on Canadian oil. Their "tar sand" is basically the same heavy sour stuff as in Venezuela. Trump 100% did Carney a favor by attacking him during the Canadian election season and Carney repaid that favor by becoming more bullish on oil once he got into office. To the point that it may have been coordinated IMO.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564227)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:19 PM
Author: Iridescent Plaza Police Squad

like Charlemagne, Trump- the reigning Holy Roman Emperor will unite Western Man for the next eon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564127)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:23 PM
Author: Infuriating angry national

we haven't gotten anything yet. literally everyone else in the government is still in power. this could be a complete nothingburger.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564137)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:26 PM
Author: Arousing University

we’ve gained a ton of influence

my guess is that Trump wants to coerce the military there to crack down on the drugs, terrorists, Cuban/russian agents, etc. basically clean house while our majors move in to get the oil industry back up and running

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564146)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 1:44 PM
Author: Infuriating angry national

of course that's what he wants, but why would they give it to him? you think we're going to keep kidnapping these guys one by one? there are hundreds of true believer commies willing to step in. the venezuelan public still hasn't made a peep out of fear of repercussions. this isn't nearly the take-out-the-dictator-and-it-all-crumbles situation they're making it out to be.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564216)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 2:21 PM
Author: Arousing University

the same reason the Taliban didnt kill a single American troop for the last 18 months of the war



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817038&forum_id=2most#49564338)