Well… Who could have imagined that the “Peace President” who won a peace prize from a futball league, would launch a war to apprehend a foreign head of state? That’s what Donald Trump has done in order to “capture” Venezuela President Maduro on charges that he is also the leader of a “narco-terrorist” organization. Never mind that he has not bothered to present any evidence of the charges, nor get the constitutionally required consent from Congress for such a mission.

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Undeterred by the law, the Constitution, or common sense and decency, Trump ordered an attack on Venezuela during which Maduro was taken into custody. Trump had been telegraphing such a move for weeks with his bombing of boats in the Caribbean. Although he threw a bit of a curve ball recently when he threatened to attack Iran…

SEE THIS: Trump Threatens to Start a War with Iran Because They’re Doing What He Wants to Do In the U.S.

Early Saturday morning Trump deployed American air forces to Venezuela on what appears to be a classic “wag the dog” mission designed to deflect from his abysmal approval polling, his failure to bring down the cost of living, particularly with regard to healthcare, and his unsavory relationship with child sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein. It was an ill-advised misadventure that is likely to result in enduring troubles for the nation and the world.

Nevertheless, Trump held a press conference later in the morning to explain the situation. But his attempts at explanations just raised more questions. And not only about his declining mental acuity. Although his delivery was notably lethargic as he read poorly from a prepared script.

However, what he said, not how he said it, was the real problem. during the course of the press avail Trump made some remarks that should chill the spines of every conscious American. When speaking specifically about the Venezuela affair, Trump said that…

“We are going to run [Venezuela] essentially until such time as a proper transition can take place.”

And that…

“We’re gonna make sure it’s run properly. We’re gonna rebuild the oil infrastructure which will cost billions of dollars.”

So Trump is explicitly promising to take control of the Venezuelan government for some unspecified period of time. What could possibly go wrong with that? [See Iraq and Afghanistan] And furthermore, he is admitting that it’s going to cost the American people “billions of dollars.” That’s the same American people who are already struggling to pay for housing, groceries, health insurance, and so much more.

Trump, however, was just getting started. In the same press conference he was asked about other countries in the region and how they will be impacted by his imperialistic hostilities against Venezuela. He replied that…

“The American dominance of the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.”

And that…

“I think Cuba is gonna be something we’ll end up talking about, because Cuba is a failing nation. It’s very similar”

And that…

“[The president of Colombia] does have to watch his ass.”

And that…

“The cartels are running Mexico. She’s not running Mexico…Something is gonna have to be done with Mexico.”

So apparently Trump is lusting after taking over Cuba, Columbia, and Mexico too. Add to that his prior aspirations to invade and/or annex Panama and Canada, and you’ve got a proposed empire that rivals the former Soviet Union or Hitler’s Third Reich.

The remainder of Trump’s remarks rambled (weaved?) incoherently into unrelated matters such as his illegal invasions of U.S. cities and bragging about his inflationary tariffs. He remains grossly ignorant of the abhorrent precedent he is setting for other regimes to kidnap heads of state. For instance, China could use the same reasoning to nab the president of Taiwan. Or Russia could try to capture Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. Or there is even the prospect of retaliation against Trump by Venezuelan operatives using Trump’s “logic.”

Trump’s argument that he is ridding the world of a drug trafficker is transparently false. If he actually cared about that, then why did he pardon Honduran President Hernandez, who was convicted in a U.S. court for the same sort of drug trafficking offenses that Trump is alleging about Maduro.

Yeah, Maduro is bad man. He is an authoritarian who seized power illegally. He oppresses his people. That said, if the United States cannot uphold its own laws and principles when dealing with such a man, then it has no moral foundation to judge others. But then Trump is an authoritarian who oppresses his people and has never had anything resembling a moral foundation.

That’s the real explanation for what Trump is doing in Venezuela and elsewhere around the world. And it doesn’t pose any problem for him or his cult followers that he is blatantly contradicting himself…

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