Trump Risks Losing Base While Pursuing Classic Imperialist Agenda
The New York Times reports that Trump risks alienating his 'America First' base by attempting to topple Nicolás Maduro, implying that such interventions are out of character for his administration. This conveniently ignores the historical precedent of US involvement in Latin American coups, from Chile in 1973 to Honduras in 2009. The notion that 'America First' ever meant 'America mind its own
damn business' conveniently evaporates when there's an unfriendly government in charge of significant oil reserves. It's almost as if the 'America First' rallying cry is less about non-interventionism and more about rebranding the same old imperial ambitions under new management. How many 'patriotic' movements have we seen that somehow always conclude with destabilizing sovereign nations? One
might wonder if the 'base' is truly against foreign meddling, or just against it having the wrong political marketing.