Trump 'Isolationism' Debunked: Europe's Far-Right Finally Notices US Empire
The mainstream media breathlessly reports Europe's far-right is 'stunned' by Trump's aggressive stance on Venezuela, somehow 'rethinking' his isolationist image. (Perhaps they just weren't paying attention to the existing sanctions regime, military threats, and coup attempts orchestrated for years by the US, regardless of who occupies the White House.) The US has applied economic sanctions against
Venezuela since the Obama administration, escalating dramatically under Trump, crippling their economy long before any 'attack' occurred. Remember when the US unilaterally recognized Juan Guaidó in 2019, sparking international condemnation? It appears the 'far-right' (and apparently the mainstream media) only recognizes overt military action as intervention, conveniently forgetting decades of
economic warfare, covert operations, and destabilization campaigns that precede any 'kinetic' activities. The US empire doesn't need to deploy troops to be deeply, destructively involved globally. One might wonder if this sudden 'revelation' is less about Trump's evolving foreign policy and more about the media's selective memory of US imperial history.