Trump vows to protect Venezuela and warns Maduro ally Cuba ‘I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE’
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
The mainstream framing will treat Trump’s warning as reckless bluster, as if strong language is the real danger and not the regimes he’s pointing at. It assumes diplomacy is always preferable, even when it becomes a cover for delay, hostage-taking, and corruption. What gets missed is that Venezuela’s misery was not an accident of history.
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“Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years,” Trump said Sunday.
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The mainstream framing will treat Trump’s warning as reckless bluster, as if strong language is the real danger and not the regimes he’s pointing at. It assumes diplomacy is always preferable, even when it becomes a cover for delay, hostage-taking, and corruption.
What gets missed is that Venezuela’s misery was not an accident of history. It was engineered by a cartel state propped up by Havana and enabled by weak enforcement from Washington. If America signals that threats in our hemisphere carry no cost, we invite more of them.
A serious policy starts with national security close to home, not abstract lectures about restraint. It should defend the rule of law, deny dictators access to U.S. money and markets, and restore public trust that sanctions and borders are enforced consistently.
The principle at stake is simple: stability in the Americas depends on consequences, not performative neutrality.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.