President Donald Trump just made it clear that he already has his eyes set on a new target following the US’s capture of the president of Venezuela. During a press conference on Saturday, he urged Colombian President Gustavo Petro to ‘watch his ass.’ The threat marks a dramatic escalation in tensions across Latin America, with Trump openly invoking the Monroe Doctrine to assert US dominance in the Western Hemisphere.

  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca
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    12 days ago

    There’s guiding foreign politics with an invisible hand behind closed doors and there is this… openly threatening and attacking anything that moves.

    The US will have a fantastic time occupying numerous hostile countries at once, dealing with nonstop 24/7 guerilla attacks. US empire collapse speedrun.

    • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      If only it could commit suicide instead of killing even more innocents before its eventual demise sometime in the future…