The neocons are back, baby! Trump has removed the murderous dictator from Venezuela. We’ll be installing the real victor from the last election, and liberal democracy will be reinstated. Life in Venezuela will be good again, and the righteous power of America will be on full display. No one will remember Iraq anymore.
But . . . wait! Trump says there won’t be elections for the foreseeable future, and he’s playing ball with the remainder of the corrupt regime, which is all of it less Maduro. All he talks about is making money off of oil. That doesn’t sound much like liberal democracy to us.
But no worries. It will just take a little time. Trump has shown his heart is really in the right place. He can be steered in the right direction. And you can trust Marco, right? Right?
Dream on, gang. Venezuela, like everything else, is about Trump showing his dominance over his opponents. Oil is also important to him. Liberal democracy, not so much, particularly if it would require a lengthy and large-scale occupation, as it would.