Trump spielt in Venezuela kein fünfdimensionales Schach. Nach einem starken ersten Zug frisst er alle Stücke auf.

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I am not here to condemn the U.S. for toppling Maduro. Maduro was an illegitimate despot who had violated every agreement. In Russia, Cuba, Iran, Belarus, and Uganda, dictatorships have carried on for decades—oppressing and killing their people, attacking their neighbors, and destabilizing their regions. Regime change isn’t a dirty word when the regime is among the most vicious in the world.

Western apathy and cowardice are what embolden thugs and authoritarians, not the United States giving them a taste of their own medicine. The complacency of the West has allowed Putin’s collapsing mafia state to bombard Ukraine for years.

However, simply replacing an anti-American dictator with one who will make a profit-sharing deal with Trump and his partners will be a disaster. The United States hasn’t been a shining city on a hill in a long time; but how far it has fallen, to become a pirate state plundering neighbors for the gain of a ruling clan. Venezuelans have suffered for too long and deserve to decide their own destiny regardless of Trump’s intentions.