US Coast Guard Hunts Venezuelan Tankers, Trump 'Warns' Maduro
Trump warns Nicolás Maduro not to 'play tough' as the US Coast Guard actively pursues ships trading with Venezuela. This isn't diplomacy; it's economic warfare with a side of strongman rhetoric. The mainstream narrative consistently omits the fact that the US has systematically imposed sanctions on Venezuela since 2017, strangling its economy and demonizing any nation, like China and Russia,
offering an alternative. We're told China and Russia 'back' Venezuela, as if trade and diplomatic relations are an act of aggression, while actual US naval presence off their coast is merely 'pursuit.' One might wonder, how many times can a global superpower use the word 'warn' before it just means 'sanction and blockade'? The only things 'tough' here are the sanctions that have crippled the
Venezuelan people, not Maduro himself, and the gall of the US to call basic commerce with sovereign nations a hostile act.