Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez said Sunday she has had “enough” of Washington’s orders, as she works to unite the country after the US capture of its former leader Nicolás Maduro.
Well, yeah, it was pretty obvious that Trump did not control Venezuela since he has no troops on the ground.
He’s just been threathening the current Venezuelan leadership with personally getting the same fate as Maduro, but that’s not at all the same as controlling the actual country.
No amount of struting like some prized rooster by Trump on this (like he does for just about everything just before he TACOes) alters the reality that a special ops kidnapping isn’t anywhere near the same level of military commitment as an invasion and at most will deliver chaos rather than control.
It’s not even going to cause chaos. The country was functioning as usual within hours of Maduro’s kidnapping because support for the Bolivaran revolution is incredibly high and the project has created a horizontal distribution of power to help working Venezuelans hold political power.
Not to mention, Trump essentially has to keep that military force ready at all times to keep the pressure, or pull it away from other places he’s threatening, like Iran. By the time the fleet is back on it’s way Rodríguez just has to play nice for a while again and eventually mother nature, midterms, or whatever form it will take, will take care of Trump.
Well, yeah, it was pretty obvious that Trump did not control Venezuela since he has no troops on the ground.
He’s just been threathening the current Venezuelan leadership with personally getting the same fate as Maduro, but that’s not at all the same as controlling the actual country.
No amount of struting like some prized rooster by Trump on this (like he does for just about everything just before he TACOes) alters the reality that a special ops kidnapping isn’t anywhere near the same level of military commitment as an invasion and at most will deliver chaos rather than control.
It’s not even going to cause chaos. The country was functioning as usual within hours of Maduro’s kidnapping because support for the Bolivaran revolution is incredibly high and the project has created a horizontal distribution of power to help working Venezuelans hold political power.
Not to mention, Trump essentially has to keep that military force ready at all times to keep the pressure, or pull it away from other places he’s threatening, like Iran. By the time the fleet is back on it’s way Rodríguez just has to play nice for a while again and eventually mother nature, midterms, or whatever form it will take, will take care of Trump.