It is two in the morning on January 3 in Caracas and a super full moon illuminates the city. Dozens of American helicopters fly over the night sky, accompanied by the sound of explosions. A group of Delta Force special forces kidnap Nicolás Maduro and his wife with surgical precision: they force iron doors, neutralize private security and arrest the Venezuelan president in a matter of minutes. In a few hours, handcuffed and blindfolded, Maduro is already on his way to New York to stand trial. “I have never seen anything like it,” says Donald Trump, who follows the entire operation from his residence in Mar a Lago as if it were an action movie.
In five keys:
The United States intends to demonstrate power by intervening in Venezuela, Iran or Greenland
However, it is a gimmicky policy to cover up its international decline and internal wear and tear.
Donald Trump does not intend for Washington to lead the world, but rather to prioritize areas of influence
The danger of this withdrawal is that it makes US foreign policy increasingly aggressive.
The United States has become a focus of instability. And he will never be as powerful as he thinks.
The intervention in Venezuela was a demonstration of American military power, so Trump was quick to point out upcoming objectives: “We need Greenland,” he says, and later announces tariffs for Denmark and its European allies, opposed to selling the island to him. He also threatens to intervene in Iran if the regime continues killing protesters during the massive protests in the country. Washington presents itself as an unstoppable global leader, a superpower that can have all countries in the palm of its hand with one blow on the table.
However, just because the United States has carried out a military operation in Venezuela or threatens other countries does not mean that it is more powerful than ever. Quite the opposite. The war years…
