Trump’s Venezuela Raid Reveals the Risks of Reckless American Overreach

In a bold, high-stakes move that has reverberated far beyond Caracas, President Donald Trump authorized a military raid leading to the capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro. While hailed by some as a demonstration of American resolve, this operation starkly revives echoes of past U.S. imperialism—an era marked by interventions driven less by principle and more by power projection. Are We Repeating History Under the Guise of National Security? Trump’s declaration that "American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again" is less a reassurance than a warning. This rhetoric dangerously flirts with the Monroe Doctrine’s darkest legacies—when...