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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jan 5, 2026, 05:23 PM Monday

Michael Cohen - Trump Never Stops At One

Let’s dispense with the comforting lies, because democracies rarely collapse in flames; they decay quietly while everyone pretends this is normal. If the events of this weekend made you anxious, nervous, or uneasy, good. That feeling in the pit of your stomach? That’s not paranoia. That’s pattern recognition.

Mission accomplished.

Donald Trump doesn’t do restraint. He doesn’t do “one and done.” He does Lays Potato Chips; one of his favorite snacks on Air Force One. “You can’t stop with just one.” Not one wife. Not one golf course. Not one building. Not one award. Not one raid. And now, not one foreign head of state dragged out of his own country by American military force like a late-night perp walk.

This weekend, the United States conducted a brazen military operation inside Caracas and seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Read that again slowly. A sitting head of state was grabbed. No international tribunal. No multilateral coalition. No careful choreography meant to preserve norms. Just force, speed, and the implicit message: we can.

If your first thought was, Who’s next? Congratulations. You’re ahead of the curve.

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