Donald Trump pardoned and freed from prison the drug dealer Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), the former dictator of Honduras. The US is openly meddling in the country's elections, amid fraud accusations.
Greetings Ben, I just wanted you to know that I posted your video on my Substack, Think Outside the Box. I saw it on December 3, 2025 on YouTube. I thought it was very well done, but I did not see the links listed. I searched for you on Substack but didn't have the right handle. So I took the time to research all of the articles you mentioned in your video and created the post which included your video and the links. After doing that, I went back at 6AM, December 5, 2025, to your YouTube channel to get the link to your channel, check out your about page, and lo and behold, there was the link to your substack newsletter. Ha, it was posted 7 mins after I had finished up my newsletter. Anyways, I wanted you to know that I gave your excellent investigative reporting credit. I also subscribed and follow you @bennorton.
I'm glad your work is here as I am not to fond of YouTube to be honest.
Only morons and POX news presenters believe the US belligerence against Venezuela has anything to do with drugs.
Here is the compliation of my Oilconomy essays including the yet to be published (in the Greanville Post) parts 6 ABCDE and parts 7 ABC.
They enable you to understand the profound tectonic shifts that are going on in the world, especially through the lens of energy and how that relates to geopolitics, economics and war.
Only by knowing and acting on this knowledge can you avoid being culled with the rest of the dumb and doomed sheeple.
Download by clicking on the 3 dots on the upper right hand corner of the screen.
Please forward to and discuss with everyone you know.
Why did the CIA/MI6 depose the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran in 1953?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA instigate and fund their (then) puppet Saddam Hussein of Iraq in 1980 to attack independent Iran, leading to a war that lasted 8 years and killed more than a million people?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA wage Gulf War 1 against the (now) rebellious Saddam in 1990?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA subsequently impose primary and secondary sanctions on Iraq, leading to the death of more than half a million Iraqi children by 1996?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA wage Gulf War 2 against the still rebellious Saddam in 2003, leading to the collapse of Iraq, civil war, the creation of ISIS and the death of more than a million Iraqis?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA impose primary and secondary sanctions against Venezuela from 2005, causing economic collapse and the deaths of tens of thousands of Venezuelans by 2018?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA/NATO bomb Libya in 2011?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why are US troops occupying oilfields in NorthEast Syria?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA launch a Ukronazi proxy war against Russia from 2014?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why is the US/Zionist axis engaged in ongoing war against Iran in 2025?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why is the USA threatening to bomb/invade Venezuela in 2025?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA threaten to invade Nigeria citing fake concerns about Christians?
Isn't it so ironic, Eric, how in one breath they are screaming about the climate, the earth heating up, climate credit, climate change, and on and on, when they know full well, that the only engine that can fuel the global war machine is oil, oil and more oil. Not to mention all of the products that are produce from oil. List too long to post here.
Meanwhile, they are counting our carbon footprint, threatening to tax us if we breathe to hard, making electric cars and other vehicles, building unsustainable windmills and solar panels, ramping up AI, pushing block chain, and other technologies that cannot be sustained by using "alternative" energy sources.
The Global War machine is the worst thing that can happen to this planet, yet every single country that makes overt concessions and commitments around climate change are steadily building up their weapons stock piles. I write about this in some of my articles. I point out that these war mongering countries do not have to report their pollution impact on the planet under the guise of "national security." But we all know that they are not building up stock piles to just sit there. They will have to use them some how, either through smuggling them to other countries or having full scale wars. The Arms Trade Shows are outrageous as they compete and brag about how advanced and powerful their killing machines are. Imagine that. Billions if not trillions of dollars spent on weapons that kill people, destabilize countries, cause massive immigration crises and ruin the planets eco-system.
The United States has been on a war footing since its inception. It prides itself as being the "greatest" war machine on the planet. The only way to spread all that "pride" around is to have never ending wars. Wars that kill the planet using astronomical amounts of fossil fuels and now, increasingly, rare minerals.
A compeling post of the hypocrisy of the United States. The totally specious argument that Venusuelan fishermen who don't have enough fuel onboard their boats to reach the US are implicit in exporting drugs to the US underscores the criminal stupidy of the Trump regime.
That the US is meddling in a foreign election is unfortunately nothing new. It is just openly and blatantly underscored in the Trump regime. A good point you brought out Ben Norton is that this happens under both the Dumbcrats and the Repulsives.
"I’VE BEEN ASKED… why November and December bother me so deeply, when the time of year is for Thanks and Love. But the time of year is also for reflection. In November 1980, while Americans prepared to give Thanks for being alive and well, at the beginning of the month I was in the Guatemalan jungle taking the lives of four men by knife strikes, because the God Capitalism demanded it. At the end of the month, while Americans were in earnest to give Thanks and feel warm and cozy with family, I was in El Salvador killing and helping to kill several hundred men and women, and I put a bullet in the brain of man for whom I had, and still have, respect, because the God Capitalism demanded it. In the first third of December 1980, I was in Central America again, while Americans were snug in their beds, with visions of power, glory, and sugarplums in their heads, and I was executing a plan to kill ~1000 people, and once again I was killing guards with knife strikes and being soaked in blood. I did this for ALL Americans and their God, Capitalism. THIS is what I reflect on every November and December (and every other month has its own reflections). Within 30 days I had killed and helped kill ~1400 humans. THIS is what you ask young men without developed frontal lobes to do for you... your Dirty Work for false Gods…"
Maybe Trump pardoned Hernandez now, at this time for a reason even though the optics are horrendous. Trump has been told that with a pardon, Hernandez has ties to Venezuela and will help Trump and the CIA with their takeover of Venezuela. Trump doesn't do favors without receiving them.
Help Trump with another coup? So, a well-known convicted drug trafficker comes to the rescue of a well-known Pedophile and convicted felon to help in another illegal venture. You should have a position with the most corrupt Gov't the US has ever had.
Looks like I was fully misunderstood. I absolutely detest Trump and meant to explore even further his notorious motivation to free a despicable drug trafficker and use him as a partner in crime to illegally invade Venezuela.
Greetings Ben, I just wanted you to know that I posted your video on my Substack, Think Outside the Box. I saw it on December 3, 2025 on YouTube. I thought it was very well done, but I did not see the links listed. I searched for you on Substack but didn't have the right handle. So I took the time to research all of the articles you mentioned in your video and created the post which included your video and the links. After doing that, I went back at 6AM, December 5, 2025, to your YouTube channel to get the link to your channel, check out your about page, and lo and behold, there was the link to your substack newsletter. Ha, it was posted 7 mins after I had finished up my newsletter. Anyways, I wanted you to know that I gave your excellent investigative reporting credit. I also subscribed and follow you @bennorton.
I'm glad your work is here as I am not to fond of YouTube to be honest.
Thanks again, and keep up the good work.
Nana Baakan @https://topicsfromatoz.substack.com/
Only morons and POX news presenters believe the US belligerence against Venezuela has anything to do with drugs.
Here is the compliation of my Oilconomy essays including the yet to be published (in the Greanville Post) parts 6 ABCDE and parts 7 ABC.
They enable you to understand the profound tectonic shifts that are going on in the world, especially through the lens of energy and how that relates to geopolitics, economics and war.
Only by knowing and acting on this knowledge can you avoid being culled with the rest of the dumb and doomed sheeple.
Download by clicking on the 3 dots on the upper right hand corner of the screen.
Please forward to and discuss with everyone you know.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/disli90y1petqsz2g7noh/ITS-THE-OILCONOMY-STUPID-parts1to7.pdf?rlkey=s8ps9s14ym8g9kznc9c4o4jl0&st=ezqpebtz&dl=1
Why did the CIA/MI6 depose the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran in 1953?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA instigate and fund their (then) puppet Saddam Hussein of Iraq in 1980 to attack independent Iran, leading to a war that lasted 8 years and killed more than a million people?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA wage Gulf War 1 against the (now) rebellious Saddam in 1990?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA subsequently impose primary and secondary sanctions on Iraq, leading to the death of more than half a million Iraqi children by 1996?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA wage Gulf War 2 against the still rebellious Saddam in 2003, leading to the collapse of Iraq, civil war, the creation of ISIS and the death of more than a million Iraqis?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA impose primary and secondary sanctions against Venezuela from 2005, causing economic collapse and the deaths of tens of thousands of Venezuelans by 2018?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA/NATO bomb Libya in 2011?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why are US troops occupying oilfields in NorthEast Syria?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA launch a Ukronazi proxy war against Russia from 2014?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why is the US/Zionist axis engaged in ongoing war against Iran in 2025?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why is the USA threatening to bomb/invade Venezuela in 2025?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Why did the USA threaten to invade Nigeria citing fake concerns about Christians?
It's the oilconomy, stupid.
Isn't it so ironic, Eric, how in one breath they are screaming about the climate, the earth heating up, climate credit, climate change, and on and on, when they know full well, that the only engine that can fuel the global war machine is oil, oil and more oil. Not to mention all of the products that are produce from oil. List too long to post here.
Meanwhile, they are counting our carbon footprint, threatening to tax us if we breathe to hard, making electric cars and other vehicles, building unsustainable windmills and solar panels, ramping up AI, pushing block chain, and other technologies that cannot be sustained by using "alternative" energy sources.
The Global War machine is the worst thing that can happen to this planet, yet every single country that makes overt concessions and commitments around climate change are steadily building up their weapons stock piles. I write about this in some of my articles. I point out that these war mongering countries do not have to report their pollution impact on the planet under the guise of "national security." But we all know that they are not building up stock piles to just sit there. They will have to use them some how, either through smuggling them to other countries or having full scale wars. The Arms Trade Shows are outrageous as they compete and brag about how advanced and powerful their killing machines are. Imagine that. Billions if not trillions of dollars spent on weapons that kill people, destabilize countries, cause massive immigration crises and ruin the planets eco-system.
The United States has been on a war footing since its inception. It prides itself as being the "greatest" war machine on the planet. The only way to spread all that "pride" around is to have never ending wars. Wars that kill the planet using astronomical amounts of fossil fuels and now, increasingly, rare minerals.
A compeling post of the hypocrisy of the United States. The totally specious argument that Venusuelan fishermen who don't have enough fuel onboard their boats to reach the US are implicit in exporting drugs to the US underscores the criminal stupidy of the Trump regime.
That the US is meddling in a foreign election is unfortunately nothing new. It is just openly and blatantly underscored in the Trump regime. A good point you brought out Ben Norton is that this happens under both the Dumbcrats and the Repulsives.
And history repeats, and repeats, and repeats...
"I’VE BEEN ASKED… why November and December bother me so deeply, when the time of year is for Thanks and Love. But the time of year is also for reflection. In November 1980, while Americans prepared to give Thanks for being alive and well, at the beginning of the month I was in the Guatemalan jungle taking the lives of four men by knife strikes, because the God Capitalism demanded it. At the end of the month, while Americans were in earnest to give Thanks and feel warm and cozy with family, I was in El Salvador killing and helping to kill several hundred men and women, and I put a bullet in the brain of man for whom I had, and still have, respect, because the God Capitalism demanded it. In the first third of December 1980, I was in Central America again, while Americans were snug in their beds, with visions of power, glory, and sugarplums in their heads, and I was executing a plan to kill ~1000 people, and once again I was killing guards with knife strikes and being soaked in blood. I did this for ALL Americans and their God, Capitalism. THIS is what I reflect on every November and December (and every other month has its own reflections). Within 30 days I had killed and helped kill ~1400 humans. THIS is what you ask young men without developed frontal lobes to do for you... your Dirty Work for false Gods…"
https://griobhtha1.substack.com/p/x-rubicon-thanksgiving-and-christmas-3
Maybe Trump pardoned Hernandez now, at this time for a reason even though the optics are horrendous. Trump has been told that with a pardon, Hernandez has ties to Venezuela and will help Trump and the CIA with their takeover of Venezuela. Trump doesn't do favors without receiving them.
Help Trump with another coup? So, a well-known convicted drug trafficker comes to the rescue of a well-known Pedophile and convicted felon to help in another illegal venture. You should have a position with the most corrupt Gov't the US has ever had.
Looks like I was fully misunderstood. I absolutely detest Trump and meant to explore even further his notorious motivation to free a despicable drug trafficker and use him as a partner in crime to illegally invade Venezuela.
Fair enough. Yes, I did misunderstand you. My apologies.
Trump wants to open a crypto company in Honduras
The Trump White House is open for business. Bribe money may be paid using clean cash, credit cards, oil or critical minerals.
I second that! Thank you very much, Ben!