Americans Finally Notice Aggression, Only When Trump Does It?
The story focuses on Trump's rhetoric and hypothetical actions in Venezuela or buying Greenland, positions carefully cultivated to outrage the centrist liberal base. What's omitted, of course, is the consistent bipartisan consensus on military adventurism that precedes and follows Trump. From Korea to Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the 'endless wars' Trump supposedly ended but merely rebranded,
the US has a storied tradition of 'going too far.' The poll selectively highlights Trump's perceived transgressions, rather than acknowledging America’s deeply ingrained military-industrial complex, which operates regardless of who occupies the Oval Office. One might wonder if the specific concern about Trump's 'interventionism' is less about opposition to foreign wars and more about a preference
for aesthetically pleasing, politically palatable interventions. It's almost as if 'intervention' becomes 'overreach' only when the right-wing populist is at the helm, while others conducting similar actions are simply 'maintaining global stability.' Did these 'over half of Americans' suddenly develop an aversion to covert ops and drone strikes only after November 2016? Or after October 7th?