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Swede

(38,087 posts)
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 10:25 AM Nov 29

The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.

The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-11-29T14:20:20.253Z


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The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela. (Original Post) Swede Nov 29 OP
Will no one mercuryblues Nov 29 #1
I was thinking the exact same thing. SharonAnn Nov 29 #16
So how is that supposed to work? Ocelot II Nov 29 #2
Colombia and Brazil are prob in his beady sight too berniesandersmittens Nov 29 #15
Colombia for sure duckworth969 Nov 29 #20
Colombia wouldn't a pushover, MarineCombatEngineer Nov 29 #22
Sounds like an Act of War. Liberal In Texas Nov 29 #3
On VACATION! Fucking MAGAts are USELESS!!! ProudMNDemocrat Nov 29 #4
Madman. mountain grammy Nov 29 #5
Does this include sex traffickers? Just asking vapor2 Nov 29 #6
My nephew said his unit has been put on notice woodsprite Nov 29 #7
Every year I fly to Bonaire mainer Nov 29 #8
Remember Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014? NickB79 Nov 29 #9
Or the USS Vincennes incident that killed all 290 people on board. MarineCombatEngineer Nov 29 #14
Utter Madness! MineralMan Nov 29 #10
While he doesn't have the authority, unfortunately he has the ability Arazi Nov 29 #11
Mr. God Complex moondust Nov 29 #12
He'll order astronomers to rename Earth Planet Trump. dalton99a Nov 29 #17
Sounds like terrorism... purr-rat beauty Nov 29 #13
*rump knows that he's in major political trouble at home. Uncle Joe Nov 29 #18
Projecting again. usonian Nov 29 #19
"Thank you for your attention to this matter" is code for "signed, your horrible 'Boss'". nt eppur_se_muova Nov 29 #21
He seems to be the kinda guy who gets C4 golfballs stuffed with blasting caps for Christmas struggle4progress Nov 29 #23

Ocelot II

(128,645 posts)
2. So how is that supposed to work?
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 10:46 AM
Nov 29

Are we now patrolling the airspace all around Venezuela, which would necessitate invading the airspace of Colombia, Brazil and Guyana, and shooting down any aircraft entering Venezuela's airspace? Would that mean that airlines can't even use routes that fly over Venezuela en route to somewhere else? What the actual fuck?

Direct flights by US passenger or cargo carriers to Venezuela have been suspended since 2019, but some US airlines fly over the country for some South American flights. American Airlines said on Friday it had stopped overflying Venezuela in October. Delta Air Lines said it had stopped flying over Venezuela “a while ago.” United Airlines did not immediately comment. https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/americas/faa-warning-venezuela-flights-intl-hnk At some point a commercial airliner, maybe not from the US, is going to fly over Venezuela and Trump will have it shot down and there will be Hell to pay.



MarineCombatEngineer

(17,417 posts)
22. Colombia wouldn't a pushover,
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 04:22 PM
Nov 29

their military are well trained and armed by the US military, yes, in the end, they would probably lose a conventional war, but a guerilla war would be a disaster for US forces.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,478 posts)
4. On VACATION! Fucking MAGAts are USELESS!!!
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 10:51 AM
Nov 29

Mike Johnson is toast if he opines that he is agreement about this latest stunt.

woodsprite

(12,533 posts)
7. My nephew said his unit has been put on notice
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:17 AM
Nov 29

That they’d be the first ones over to Venezuela if we send ground troops over.

mainer

(12,475 posts)
8. Every year I fly to Bonaire
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:17 AM
Nov 29

It's a Dutch island that's 50 miles from Venezuela. Aruba and Curacao are just as close. Commercial airliners including American, United, Jet Blue, and KLM all fly there. This. makes me nervous.

NickB79

(20,204 posts)
9. Remember Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014?
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:29 AM
Nov 29

Russian militants shot it down and killed over 300 people because they thought it was a Ukrainian military aircraft.

We're risking just the same situation over Venezuela now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17

MineralMan

(150,438 posts)
10. Utter Madness!
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:35 AM
Nov 29

There is absolutely no justification for this level of action. Trump wants to be a "wartime President," because he thinks that will be the best possible distraction.

Arazi

(8,661 posts)
11. While he doesn't have the authority, unfortunately he has the ability
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:38 AM
Nov 29

And as the torpedoed boats demonstrate, he also has American military people who will break international law for him.

I certainly wouldn’t be getting on any aircraft in the region and testing this 😬

moondust

(21,166 posts)
12. Mr. God Complex
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:42 AM
Nov 29

controls all of Earth's airspace, international waters, and everything else. Just so you know.



God complex

Uncle Joe

(63,933 posts)
18. *rump knows that he's in major political trouble at home.
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 12:17 PM
Nov 29

So he wants to follow Putin and Netanyahu's formula for avoiding political or legal trouble, wage relentless war in an attempt to get the American People to rally around the flag and forget his administration's transgressions, and incompetence.

Thanks for the thread Swede.

eppur_se_muova

(40,711 posts)
21. "Thank you for your attention to this matter" is code for "signed, your horrible 'Boss'". nt
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 04:20 PM
Nov 29

struggle4progress

(125,284 posts)
23. He seems to be the kinda guy who gets C4 golfballs stuffed with blasting caps for Christmas
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 04:37 PM
Nov 29

all in good fun, of course

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