Trump Hints at New Targets, Forgetting His Own Empire's History
Mainstream media frames Trump's post-Venezuela musings on Colombia, Cuba, and even Greenland as novel 'interventionism' (Al-Monitor). Yet, for decades, U.S. presidents, regardless of party, have routinely viewed Latin America as a personal sandbox. Remember the 1954 CIA coup in Guatemala, Operation Condor's reign of terror across South America, or the Contra scandal? This isn't a new Trumpian
whim; it's a bipartisan, century-old playbook. A former Nobel Peace Prize candidate, now 'enforcing Washington's right to do what it pleases,' is peak imperial hypocrisy. The idea that such bellicose statements are anything but business as usual for the global hegemon is truly astonishing. One must wonder if 'interventionism' only becomes a 'scorned' act when the target isn't politically
convenient or mineral-rich.