> make Trump look tough.

But only to his loyalists.

Exactly. Delivering freedom to Venezuela will get the splintering aspects of his tribe focused on the message and away from Epstein.

The people he needs at home are pretty simple. This type of thing makes it easier for his loyal propagandists to do their thing.

I thought his loyalists were expressly against protecting foreigners from oppression, e.g. Ukraine? America first etc.

This will be a real challenge, then. Who is performatively nimble enough to say “we’ve always been at war with Venezuela!”

Remember in his first term how he had his loyalists, many of who were expressly in "support" of the 2nd amendment, cheering on the government jackboots who came in the middle of the night to make "cold dead hands" ? The cultists will believe anything. That's the fundamental problem with cults.

I think the narrative is that South America is America.

I think this is something thats really missing. In the vacuum of power who is stepping in? If its someone who is just going to sell oil to the us who gets to continue to oppress and destroy the Venezuelan economy then is it really a win?

It be like the Russians taking out Trump only to have Vance take over. Hes still propped up by miller, hegseth, bondi, the house AND senate AND courts and the cavalcades of sycophants who really only are doing the whims of oligarchs who have no interest in helping society as a whole.