US Corporate Media Wonders How Trump Runs Countries He’s Sanctioned
The question of how Trump will 'run' Venezuela, posed by the Financial Times ( FT.com ), deftly sidesteps the uncomfortable fact that the US government has for decades sought to dictate Venezuela's internal affairs. From supporting coup attempts against Hugo Chávez in 2002 to imposing crippling sanctions under both Trump and Biden—which a 2021 UN report stated exacerbated humanitarian
crises—Washington has been quite explicit about its desire to 'run' things in Caracas. What exactly is a 'return' to 'responsible' governance if not a euphemism for resource extraction and compliant leadership? Perhaps the Financial Times can next publish an investigative piece on how a major power can 'run' a country after its economy has been intentionally sabotaged. One might wonder if the
article intends to highlight the absurdity of a foreign power 'running' another nation, or if it simply normalizes the long-standing US policy of regime change by framing it as a mere change of management.