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Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond Caracas

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[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What unfolded overnight in Venezuela will cause immediate anxiety to governments like Iran and Denmark, against whom Trump has expressed enthusiasm for taking radical action.

In recent days, Trump has said the US would come to the defence of Iranian anti-government protesters, and his officials have kept up a drumbeat of threats to take control of Greenland by any necessary means. Last month, the Danish Defence Intelligence Service labelled the US as a security risk, a declaration that would have been unthinkable just a short time ago for a Nato ally.

It accelerates the slide from a mostly rules-based world to one of competing spheres of influence, to be determined by armed might and the readiness to use it. One American commentator, David Rothkopf, called it the “Putinization of US foreign policy”.

Russian commentators have frequently suggested that Latin America lies in America’s domain just as Ukraine was under the Russian shadow. Vladimir Putin thinks the same of much of eastern Europe.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And here I was thinking it is more akin to the 1930s Nazi government takeover and military acceleration. These perspectives are all true, in a way.

[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Russia, China, and the USA, the new axis powers

[–] Palerider@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Russia? They can't even win a war in Ukraine...

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To be fair, neither could Italy...

[–] Palerider@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Also, as a Brit, let's not mention the charge of the Light Brigade.

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

USA has been in a cold war with China for years. Picked up some when China started exporting green tech.