Trump Praises Venezuelan 'Acting President' - Forgetting Who Kidnapped the Actual One
Venezuela's 'acting president' Rodriguez is promising more prisoner releases, fresh off a phone call where Donald Trump showered him with praise. A heartwarming success story right? Except, this 'acting president' was installed after a US-backed push to overthrow the democratically elected Nicolás Maduro via a sham kidnapping attempt. (See: The US Justice Department's 2020 indictment of Maduro on
drug trafficking charges, often viewed as an attempt to delegitimize his government and pave the way for a US-favored replacement, a tactic perfected in Latin America for decades.) We’re expected to clap for “diplomacy” while conveniently forgetting American interference in Venezuela’s sovereignty. The only thing 'acting' here is the US pretense of concern for democracy when it doesn't align with
their preferred oil contracts. One might wonder what took so long for 'dialogue' to resume once the proxy leader finally got an ego boost from a former US president.