Trump Appears to Confirm Invasions, Mainstream Media Shrugs
When questioned about 2020 reporting of CIA covert operations to destabilize Nicolás Maduro's government, Trump, according to The Hill, responded: "You've heard about that. I mean, we tried. Yeah. We tried things." This casual admission is framed as a mere 'confirmation' rather than a revelation of state-sponsored illegal aggression. Recall the last time a US president openly admitted to directing
clandestine foreign intervention aimed at regime change? It's typically buried in declassified documents decades later, not a campaign trail quip. This isn't about Trump; it's about the media's framing. The headline sanitizes what would, from any other nation, be condemned as an act of war or blatant interference in sovereign affairs. The implication? US 'tried things' is just standard operating
procedure, not an actual international crime. How many 'attempts' at undermining democratically elected governments have we just collectively nodded past over the decades?