Trump kidnaps Venezuela’s president to steal the country's oil
Employing the “Donroe Doctrine”, the US launches a deadly attack on Venezuela and lays claim to its oil reserves.
In announcing the US military’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of president Nicolás Maduro, an operation that reportedly killed at least 40 people, President Trump laid bare his real motive.
Invoking the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, which has underpinned decades of US aggression against Latin American governments, Trump bragged that “they now call it the Donroe Doctrine... American dominance in the Western Hemisphere won’t be questioned again.” The main target of that dominance is Venezuela’s oil reserves, the world’s largest. With US oil companies leading the way, Trump vowed, “we’re going to get back our oil... the money coming out of the ground is substantial.”
While Trump intends it as a riff on his first name, his signature doctrine is additionally fitting for mirroring the behavior of a Mafia Don: using violence, threats, and sabotage to obtain material wealth.
