Trump Threatens Latin America, Media Calls It 'Foreign Policy'
A 2021 report from The Hill details Donald Trump's threats against Venezuela, Cuba, and Mexico, following an airstrike against a Venezuelan military target. Trump, then ex-president, demanded "respect" and warned of "very dire consequences." The media frames this as a newsworthy development, rather than a continuation of a well-worn playbook. Noticeably absent from their reporting? Any mention of
the Monroe Doctrine, the countless US-backed dictatorships from Pinochet to Trujillo, or the COINTELPRO operations in Central and South America. It's just 'threats'—not the long, bloody history of US interventionism that makes such pronouncements credible and terrifying to the affected nations. One might wonder why American media outlets consistently forget whose 'backyard' they’re reporting on.