
Here’s a great example of how the typical Trump supporter acts when confronted with a reality they can’t deny.
Weeks before Donald Trump ever invaded Venezuela, I told one of my Trump-supporting friends — who supported his attacks on alleged drug boats because he’s very anti-drug, having lost a couple of friends and family members to overdoses — that while I sympathized with his view, this president’s stance on Venezuela isn’t about drugs; it’s about oil.
He disagreed and said, “We’ll see.”
Then, the other day, shortly after I woke up to the news that Trump had finally followed through on the worst-kept secret in the world (other than how often his name appears in the Epstein files) — that he had ordered an attack on Venezuela and the removal of its leader — I posted a message reiterating my stance that this was never about drugs; it was about oil.
My Trump-supporting friend ended up texting me, once again pushing back on my stance and claiming he’d need to do more research, but adding, “We’ll see.”
Well, we’re now several days removed from Trump’s invasion of Venezuela, and while they’ve thrown around the phrase “narco-terrorism” a few times, it’s undeniable that the main talking point Trump has emphasized since all this went down was — wait for it — Venezuela’s oil.
From Trump admitting that he briefed big oil executives prior to the attack (but not Congress), to this president’s repeated statements about how much money will be made from Venezuela’s oil reserves, it’s very clear that this has all been about oil, just as most of us already knew.
That said, I haven’t heard from my Trump-supporting friend. From “We’ll see” to silence. Not a “Looks like you might have been right,” or a “He seems to be mentioning oil a lot.”
I’ve heard nothing.
Because there’s nothing he can say — Trump’s own words have proven this wasn’t about drugs.
Never mind the indisputable statistics showing that Venezuela isn’t a major producer of cocaine or fentanyl, or the fact that Trump just pardoned a former Latin American leader for his role in smuggling 400 tons of cocaine into the United States — those facts have largely been ignored by Trump supporters like my friend.
Trump said this was about drugs, and that’s what they believed.
Except it’s now clear, based on what we’ve all heard from this administration over the past few days, that this was about oil.
It’s always been about oil.
So this is what we’re dealing with, folks: people who go completely silent whenever they’re confronted with a reality that contradicts something they chose to believe.
And here’s the worst part — I’m sure once I do hear back from my friend, despite his stated position that he doesn’t support regime change and doesn’t believe we should invade countries over oil (his words, not mine), he’ll have an excuse.
Suddenly, he’ll be okay with this regime change.
Magically, he’ll find a way to justify why invading this country for its oil makes sense.
That’s how MAGA works. They make bold, unapologetic statements. Then, when reality completely contradicts them, they move the goalposts, change their rhetoric, and make excuses for their orange leader.
All while claiming we have Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Except that’s exactly what they have. As usual, their accusations are nothing more than projection — a group of people so deranged in their loyalty to Trump that they’ve abandoned any sense of principles or values. The only thing they believe in now is whatever Donald Trump says.


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