It upends international norms, ignores sovereign territorial rights, and potentially creates an anarchic situation inside Venezuela itself. But this is the world we now live in – the world according to Donald Trump. Trump claims to be acting to prevent illegal narcotics flowing into the US via Venezuela and to halt an alleged influx of “criminal” migrants. If a power vacuum develops, public order could collapse, sparking civil war or a possible military coup. And bizarrely, even while posing as a disinterested peacemaker and non-interventionist, Trump simultaneously wages war on the world.

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2026 14:18 UTC