{"id":318838,"date":"2026-08-03T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=318838"},"modified":"2026-07-28T06:21:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:21:44","slug":"protest-in-venice-italy-as-trumps-ambassador-shows-off-massive-yacht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/08\/protest-in-venice-italy-as-trumps-ambassador-shows-off-massive-yacht\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest in Venice, Italy as Trump&#8217;s Ambassador Shows Off Massive Yacht"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8216;MAGA &#8211; Make America Go Away&#8217;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>20 Jul 2026 &#8211; <\/em>My friend Mimmo in Italy set me this video:<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"BLOGGER-video-058f108eb7f617e8-18418\" class=\"b-hbp-video b-uploaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/video.g?token=AD6v5dxxJnJKFsxX_2rKVS4LYQWnh5skDOPNhntP8R21z234JdCxuxstwaC0KW7H6GVaJtCHQkPmqdOFZ00Wolfr6gTau3oppw9A_cYizIarLWNaqxp8w7Nqyc1yZYssrqVTnw&amp;origin=space4peace.blogspot.com\" width=\"569\" height=\"473\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He wrote, &#8216;Recently in Italy, there have been demonstrations against the presence of Ambassador Fertitta&#8217;s mega yacht in Venice.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The yacht cost $450 million (\u00a3341.6 million) and boasts six floors, two helipads and multiple swimming pools.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly a statement by a Texas cowboy about the size of his ego and something else&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>People during the march were confronted by police force. They hear speeches and project their outrage at the US.<\/p>\n<p>One speaker called the visit of the rich American ambassador&#8217;s yacht the &#8216;Concentration of arrogance, wealth and power&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite signs in the protest reads <strong>&#8216;MAGA &#8211; Make America Go Away&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/italy-mega-yacht-us-ambassador-texas-trump.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-318841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/italy-mega-yacht-us-ambassador-texas-trump.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/italy-mega-yacht-us-ambassador-texas-trump.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/italy-mega-yacht-us-ambassador-texas-trump-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being an ambassador is\u00a0actually\u00a0a tax-payer funded holiday in an &#8216;exotic&#8217; location for the time in office of the president.<\/p>\n<div>Nothing more.<\/div>\n<p>The US military empire, with its unforgiving 800 bases around the globe, has left a grim legacy in the places where it has assumed local power due to its muscle.<\/p>\n<p>People are fed up with it and want it gone &#8211; now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>_________________________________________<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bruce-Gagnon.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-205226 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bruce-Gagnon-e1785215654572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"56\" \/><\/a> Bruce K. Gagnon, coordinator of the <\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space4peace.org\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Global Network Against Weapons &amp; Nuclear Power in Space<\/i><\/a><\/span><em>, was a 2021 US Peace Prize nominee at the <\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><i>US Peace Memorial Foundation<\/i><\/span><\/span><em>. Bruce grew up in a military family and joined the Air Force in 1971 during the Vietnam War. It was there that he became a peace activist. Blogs: <\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/space4peace.blogspot.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Organizing Notes<\/i><\/a><\/span><em> &#8211; <\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vandenbergprotest-macgregor.blogspot.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Peace Protests at Vandenberg Space Command \/ Air Force Base<\/i><\/a><\/span><em> .<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/space4peace.blogspot.com\/2026\/07\/protest-in-venice-italy-as-trumps.html\" >Go to Original &#8211; space4peace.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 Jul 2026 &#8211; &#8216;MAGA &#8211; Make America Go Away&#8217; &#8211; The yacht cost $450 million (\u00a3341.6 million) and boasts six floors, two helipads and multiple swimming pools.\u00a0People during the march were confronted by police force. 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