"The Trump administration’s January 2026 military operation in Venezuela marks not an aberration, but the logical culmination of a presidency increasingly defined by broken promises and coercive force. Sold to American voters as a return to restraint, prosperity, and “peace through strength,” Trump’s foreign policy has instead echoed the very interventionist playbook he once denounced. The rhetoric of counter-narcotics and self-defence has become a convenient cover for the violation of Venezuelan sovereignty, just as trade wars have failed to revive manufacturing jobs and tariffs have deepened cost-of-living pressures. With approval ratings sliding and early indicators pointing to a high risk of Republican losses in the Senate and Congress at the midterms, foreign aggression now appears less like strategy than political diversion."

https://21stcenturywire.com/2026/01/15/how-trumps-venezuela-and-iran-escalations-empower-brics/