Trump’s politically dicey saber-rattling in Venezuela

Photo credit: Official White House photo by Daniel Torok via Flickr. US government work. Analysis by Aaron Blake. CNN – October 17, 2025.

Hubris courses through what President Donald Trump and his administration are doing right now. So much of it is unpopular and politically fraught. They’re charging ahead regardless. That’s true of the tariffs. It’s true of the growing militarization of the homeland. And it’s been true of his cuts to the government and many other things. But perhaps nothing is as politically fraught right now as what’s happening off the coast of South America. […]

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