Donald Trump’s second-term foreign and domestic policies reflect an increasingly unrestrained “shoot first, explain later” approach that undermines international law, destabilises global order, and mirrors authoritarian governance at home and abroad.

This intervention in Venezuela, described by the administration as a “law-enforcement” action “supported” by military force, has been widely condemned internationally as an unlawful aggression and kidnapping, lacking congressional authorization or any grounding in international law. President Trump has asserted that the United States will “run” Venezuela until a transition occurs, emphasizing access to its oil resources as a key objective. Funnily enough, Trump has ruled out the idea of new elections, or of the darling the western media, Machado, taking over, maybe he’s bitter about the Nobel peace prize?

What or who will be the next target (targets) of US policy?

The world map is being riddled with buckshot as to interventions such as Nigeria and Venezuela – the only question is who is next and under what concocted pretexts:  Mexico, Panama, Columbia, Cuba, and Greenland, or perhaps the Suez, taking a lesson from 1956. First it is war on drugs, then to reclaim oil and investments made in Venezuela; as for other countries, attacking Christians in Nigeria and blaming the government for Islamic rebels killing Christians, rebels the government has been fighting against for years, any pretext or target of convenience will do in these times.

Even to discuss who is next in the crosshairs is but a rhetorical exercise. It is more interesting to understand Trump’s likely motivations. This is a lot of effort to distract from his intimate involvement with a sex-trafficking pedophile and unscrupulous business activities, all of which are causing domestic problems for Trump. It is not about drugs, human rights, or terrorism. It is all about controlling the oil supplies, especially to China, as it is now the BIGGEST threat to US economic policy and regional hegemony.

 It is so easy to blame Maduro for the nationalisation of the oil fields dating back to 1975, for bad management, and for being a Tin horn Dictator, and Trump should know, as it takes one to know one.

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