Comment by Forgeties79

“The US has no use for Venezuelan oil.”

> Trump also said he believes that American companies will be “heavily involved” in rebuilding Venezuela’s oil infrastructure.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5yqygxe41pt

Considering this was one of his first statements on what happened, I think it’s a clear signal for what his priorities are.

We are straight back to the Reagan years of toppling regimes for our own resource interests. There is no way we did this out of the kindness of our hearts or because we believe in open, free elections. We have clear material interests and he’s not even trying to hide it.

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy (/s obviously) but let’s not pretend this was some sort of magnanimous gesture or that it shouldn’t be deeply concerning to their neighbors that the US has no problem attacking a sovereign nation’s capital city and making off with a country’s leader + family when we’re not even at war.

Again I am not losing sleep for Maduro specifically but the way this was handled is not something that should be simply glossed over because of who he was and how he came to power, and we should definitely not pretend “the US has no use for Venezuelan oil.”