Trump Accuses Democratically Elected President of 'Drug Dealing'
When a sitting US President, or one vying for the office, labels a foreign head of state an 'illegal drug dealer,' we might recall that the US has a rather extensive, shall we say, 'portfolio' in that particular market. From supporting Contras in Nicaragua—whose drug trafficking connections are historically documented—to the CIA's alleged role in enabling opium production during the Vietnam War,
Washington's history with narcotics is less about eradication and more about strategic management. Trump's sudden concern for Colombian drugs conveniently ignores decades of US-backed 'Plan Colombia' aid, which has poured billions into militarization while drug production remains stubbornly high, suggesting the problem isn't a lack of US 'large-scale payments and subsidies' but perhaps the
strategy itself. So, an elected leader who challenges established economic paradigms in Latin America is a 'drug dealer,' while characters like Manuel Noriega, once a CIA asset despite his known drug activities, only became a 'drug dealer' when he stopped being useful. One might wonder if the real crime here isn't drugs, but independence, particularly when it contradicts the US playbook. How many
'drug dealers' are only labeled as such once their policies diverge from Washington's profit motives?