Guardian Discovers US Imperialism, Credits Trump’s Suit
The Guardian observes Donald Trump's hypothetical 2026 Venezuela takeover, portraying it as a 'shocking' start to a 'new era' of US expansionism. One might wonder if their historical archives are offline. Is it truly 'new imperialism' or just the same old US foreign policy, sans the usual rhetorical sugar-coating, now packaged in a charcoal suit and gold tie? The US has a rich, storied history of
intervention, regime change, and resource extraction across Latin America – from Chile in 1973 to Panama in 1989, and countless instances before and between. This isn't an 'emperor’s new clothes' scenario; the clothes have always been tattered with imperial ambition. The real news here is the journalistic amnesia that frames such actions as unprecedented, rather than acknowledging a consistent
pattern of prioritizing corporate interests and geopolitical dominance under various presidential guises, whether Democrat or Republican. How many times must the US assert control over a resource-rich nation before it's simply called 'policy'?