To the surprise of no one, the NYT has revealed that Marco Rubio is actually running Venezuela. What does that mean for the future of liberal democracy there?
If Venezuela had a freely elected leader, he or she would have the legitimacy and plenty of incentive to demand that the United States return full sovereignty to the new government. We would no longer have any kind of moral claim to control Venezuela’s revenues. How would Trump respond to that?
Not well, I imagine; for him, it was always about the oil. Better to keep Delcy in charge for the foreseeable future.