Trump 'Confesses' to Venezuela Attack as US Media Feigns Surprise
The idea that Trump's casual admission of wanting to 'attack' Venezuela (as recounted by John Catsimatidis) is a 'confession' highlights the deliberate amnesia of mainstream outlets. The US government, under multiple administrations, has a well-documented history of funding opposition groups, imposing crippling sanctions designed to destabilize the economy, and openly calling for regime change in
Venezuela. The financial blockade, initiated by Obama and dramatically expanded by Trump, explicitly targeted Venezuela's oil industry—its economic lifeblood—with the stated goal of isolating and pressuring the Maduro government. This isn't a new strategy; it's a playbook perfected over decades, from Chile in the 70s to Cuba and Nicaragua. So, when Trump says he 'wanted to take out' Maduro, he's
not confessing a secret plot, he's simply articulating the unspoken objective of years of overt US policy. The real 'confession' is how surprised (or performatively surprised) some outlets are that a US president would actively pursue regime change against a perceived adversary. The 'will they, won't they' drama around a coup that’s already in progress via economic strangulation is, frankly,
exhausting. How many layers of plausible deniability do we need before acknowledging the obvious?