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Subject: Re: Pay your Trump homage tax here.
Date: 01/18/26 12:21 PM
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Second, she got lots of free publicity. She's an advocate. That's a smart move. She turned what was basically a symbolic and economically worthless medallion into millions of dollars of free publicity for her agenda.

Yes, it is a correct move, in the world of office politics: suck up to the honcho, to get ahead. As I posted, she is struggling to remain relevant. Trump the Perfect already threw her under the bus, in favor of putting himself at the head of the existing Venezuelan regime.

Speaking of the existing regime, the news on the wire this morning says the US Government had Rodríguez sized up as hip deep in drug trafficking, for years. More evidence, if any was needed, that Trump the Picture of Virile, Manly, Perfection, is after the oil. Drugs have nothing to do with it. The "drug boat" attacks were nothing but practice for hijacking tankers.

AP obtains documents showing Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez has been on DEA's radar for years

kdhnews.com - Ap obtains documents showing venezuelan leader delcy rodr guez has been on deas radar for

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