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"Trump's tactics — a "Donroe Doctrine" — includes speculating about annexing Canada and Greenland" [1]
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Date: 2025-01-18
What if the Maduro administration in Venezuela wants regime change in the USA, where Donald Trump stole won his election, wanted to jail a rival and even threatened to invade annex the U.S. neighbor, Canada.
Trump administration wants regime change in Venezuela, where dictator Nicolás Maduro stole his election, jailed a rival and this month even threatened to invade the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. The incomingwants regime change in Venezuela, where dictator Nicolás Maduroand this month even threatened tothe U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
(2018) President Donald Trump last August (2017) asked several top foreign policy advisers about the possibility of invading Venezuela during a meeting about diplomatic sanctions the US was enacting on the autocratic government, a senior administration official familiar with the comments said.
Trump’s aides, including then-national security adviser HR McMaster, vigorously urged him against the notion of a military invasion of Venezuela, warning him it could backfire and explaining that US allies in the region were firmly opposed to such drastic action. Taking military action against Venezuela would be a dramatic escalation of the US’s so-far solely diplomatic and sanctions-focused response to the political and economic crisis roiling the South American country.
Still, the official with knowledge of Trump’s private comments noted there was “no imminent plan for a military strike” and chalked the comments up to Trump thinking “out loud.”
Why it matters: Venezuela under Maduro has been a massive problem for Latin America and the U.S. It's accounted for the largest modern-day migration in the Western Hemisphere — nearly 8 million people have fled Maduro's regime in the past decade.
Trump's team says it wants Maduro to go the way of recently toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. But regime change doesn't necessarily mean military action, Trump advisers say.
"We wouldn't mind one bit seeing Maduro being neighbors with Assad in Moscow," a Trump adviser involved with foreign policy discussions told Axios.
Zoom in: During his campaign, Trump accused Maduro of intentionally sending criminal gangs such as Tren de Aragua to the U.S.
Oil-rich, cash-poor Venezuela is "governed by a narco-trafficking organization that has empowered itself as a nation-state," Florida Sen. Marco Rubio — who once was targeted by a Venezuelan assassination plot — said Wednesday in his confirmation hearing to be Trump's secretary of state.
Venezuela's closest ally is Cuba, America's oldest Latin American foe. Maduro's regime also is aligned with China, Russia and Iran, which is building drones in Venezuela, Rubio testified.
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