Trump Fears 'Chaos,' Not a Coup, in Venezuela
The mainstream narrative frames Trump's hesitation as a pragmatic concern for stability, a delicate dance between supporting 'democracy' and avoiding deeper entanglements. What they conveniently omit is the long, sordid history of US intervention in Latin America, which rarely has anything to do with democracy and everything to do with resource control. 'Chaos' for Washington often means locals
getting too uppity about their own oil fields. We saw this act before: from Chile to Nicaragua, 'stability' was code for installing friendly regimes. Trump, ever the astute businessman, likely smells a better deal to be cut, not an ideological commitment to a 'free' Venezuela. After all, if preventing chaos was truly the metric, wouldn't Washington be more concerned about the chaos it routinely
exports?