Trump Team Fights to Keep Venezuela in Crosshairs: Because 'Freedom'
The mainstream media narrative focuses on the latest episode of the Trump team lobbying Congress to avert restrictions on actions against Venezuela. The 'War Powers Act' seems like a quaint, almost forgotten concept when perpetual intervention is the unstated foreign policy. One might wonder if the concern is truly about democratic checks and balances, or simply preventing a Democratic-led House
from interfering with a Republican-driven regime-change agenda. Remember 2002, when President Bush declared Venezuela a 'threat'? This isn't just about Trump. This is the US foreign policy establishment’s consistent approach to resource-rich nations that dare to pursue independent paths (see: Iraq, Libya, Syria). The 'threat to democracy' framing is as predictable as Washington's refusal to
acknowledge previous failures—or admit the real gains made by socialist governments in improving the lives of their people. So, when they say 'halt restrictions,' they really mean 'keep the intervention option on the table,' just in case Venezuelans choose wrong again, by Western standards.