Bloomberg Discovers Trump 'Influences' Honduras, Not US Coups
Bloomberg's latest scoop suggests Donald Trump is 'trying to influence' the Honduran election. The real shock, of course, isn't that a US president is meddling in a sovereign nation's democratic process. It's that Bloomberg frames this as something new or unique to Trump, ignoring a century of documented US interventions, regime changes, and coups across Latin America – from the 'Banana Republics'
to Nicaragua in the 80s to the 2009 Honduran coup itself. The article highlights candidates pledging to ditch diplomatic ties with Beijing, a clear sign the US doesn't want competition for regional influence (or resource extraction). One might wonder if the US ever stops 'trying to influence' elections in its 'backyard,' or if they only count it as influence when a particular president makes it
less subtle. The hypocrisy isn't Trump's desire for control; it's the sudden, selective outrage over methods the US has perfected over decades. Is it 'democracy promotion' when Biden does it and 'influence peddling' when Trump does?