How Trump’s Big Moment Left Him Truly Exposed: Political Guru
The Daily Beast••general
Key Points:
- Foreign policy analyst David Rothkopf criticizes the Trump administration for lacking a clear plan following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, highlighting unresolved issues such as governance and control of Venezuela’s oil reserves.
- Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges after being captured by U.S. Special Operations forces in a covert operation that President Trump admitted informing oil executives about but not Congress.
- Trump declined to support Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado as interim leader, instead suggesting the U.S. would directly manage Venezuela and its oil industry, a move Rothkopf condemns as illegal intervention and theft.
- Rothkopf describes Trump’s approach as a "mafia foreign policy," asserting it relies on exerting muscle and disreg
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