US Democracy: Condemn Foreign Meddling, Except When We Do It
Trump, ever the defender of sovereign electoral processes—at least at home—declared Maria Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure, as having 'no support or respect' in her own country, effectively trashing her claim to power per RT. This, from the same playbook that saw the US recognize Juan Guaidó, a man with no electoral power, as Venezuela's legitimate leader in 2019, while
simultaneously imposing crippling sanctions. It seems Washington only respects election results until they don't produce the desired outcome, then a 'Nobel Peace Prize winner' (Machado actually won the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty—not a Nobel) suddenly becomes a self-appointed 'interim president' who 'lacks support.' The audacity to declare a foreign candidate illegitimate while the
US itself has a history of overthrowing democratically elected leaders (e.g., Chile's Allende in 1973, Guatemala's Árbenz in 1954) is truly a masterclass in projection. It raises the critical question: how many times can Washington decry foreign meddling while openly choosing, funding, and then dismissing its own preferred candidates abroad?