US 'Meddling' Only Counts When Trump Does It, Apparently
Al-Monitor, among others, clutches its pearls over Donald Trump's 'brazen' endorsements in Honduras and Poland, decrying open election meddling. What they call 'brazen' others might call 'truth-tellingly transparent,' given the US playbook. While Trump tweets his preferences, the US State Department quietly allocates millions in 'democracy promotion' grants through USAID and NED – often a softer
term for regime change operations. Remember Guatemala in '54, Chile in '73, or the documented $5 billion spent destabilizing Ukraine leading up to 2014? This isn't newfound brazenness; it's just the old wine of interventionism in a new, less deniable, bottle. The only difference is Trump doesn't bother hiding the label.