They’re Lying About Venezuela. What Happens Next? – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every other Friday! Have a topic idea? Send it to us here: https://forms.gle/gihjqi21cZe7ncWr5 Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com//_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Citations and Further Reading: War with Venezuela https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/52s-fly-off-coast-venezuela-show-force-trump/story?id=126589822 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-covert-cia-action-venezuela.html War polls https://today.yougov.com/international/articles/53298-the-us-navy-deployment-near-venezuela-has-become-even-less-popular The Venezuelan “Cartel” https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/venezuela-terrorist-designation-maduro#%3A~%3Atext=his+government+has+repeatedly+denied+the+existence+of+the+alleged+cartel%2C+which+some+experts+suggest+technically+doesn’t+exist+in+a+conventional+sense María Corina Machado https://youtu.be/QukbgnkuPVY?t=1184 https://rumble.com/v6pnsc0-breaking-news-my-father-revokes-biden-maduro-oil-license-live-with-maria-co.html Chevron https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/us/politics/trump-weighs-attacks-venezuela.html#%3A~%3Atext=Chevron+would+be+best+positioned+for+what+the+Trump+administration+believes+would+be+a+boom+in+investment+in+the+country’s+huge+oil+reserves US foreign interventions https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/09/13/us-251-military-interventions-1991 The end of unipolarity https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/stagnant-order-michael-beckley https://www.ft.com/content/3ae78a93-231b-4006-8739-5738cc367cac https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/opinion/trump-brazil-india-tariffs.html https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-american-century-diplomacy https://www.thenation.com/article/world/usaid-donald-trump-elon-musk https://fpif.org/sanctions-as-civilizational-warfare Global military spending https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/2504/_fs/_milex/_2024.pdf GDP https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2024/october/weo-report?c=924%2C111&s=PPPGDP&sy=2024&ey=2026&ssm=0&scsm=1&ssd=1&scc=1&ssc=1&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=0 US UN diplomacy https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-fails-make-big-dent-un-vote-calling-end-cuba-embargo-2025-10-29 US reputation https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-countries-with-the-best-reputations-in-2025/ LatAm trading partners https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-american-century-diplomacy/ Hakim USAID vid https://youtu.be/APLJle95iZI USAID funding cuts deaths https://www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?view=table&sort=title&order=asc https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5452513/trump-usaid-foreign-aid-deaths US LatAm strategy https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf#page=19.29 Sacrifices made for multipolarity https://iveybusinessjournal.com/trumping-hegemonic-stability-theory/#%3A~%3Atext=Risking+Recession+at%2Chit.+Can+you%3F About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a socialist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com For individuals or small businesses looking for one-on-one production training, I offer hourly consulting services as well. Send inquiries to jtchapmanchannel@gmail.com
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