"How I would love to send the Bay Area protesters to South Florida, where residents are celebrating President Trump's intervention in Venezuela. President Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chávez, are responsible for "one of the most dramatic political, economic and humanitarian collapses in modern history," according to a Miami Herald piece ("Venezuela left to grapple with wreckage Maduro leaves behind") published Sunday. Both the Bay Area protesters and the Florida revelers are waving Venezuelan flags. My heart lies with the latter, along with the nearly 8 million exiled Venezuelans. I hope President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will leave Venezuela a better place than it has been since Chávez was elected in 1998, which eventually led to Maduro replacing democracy with autocracy."
"This past weekend, President Trump referred to the State of the Union address by our fifth president, James Monroe, to Congress back on Dec. 2, 1823, which warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Americas. In true Trump fashion, he reminded us that "they now call it the Donroe Doctrine" by adding the first letter of his name. It is an important time to consider the subsequent 1904 Roosevelt Corollary, which reinforced a U.S. responsibility to get involved with Latin American countries to prevent European interference, following Venezuela's 1902-3 crisis, in which it refused to pay its debts back to Europe. America would do well to prevent the likes of Russia, China and Iran from developing military capabilities in our backyard."
Bay Area protesters and South Florida residents both wave Venezuelan flags while expressing opposing views about U.S. intervention. Many South Florida residents and nearly eight million exiled Venezuelans celebrate U.S. action as an opportunity to reverse the political, economic, and humanitarian collapse attributed to Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro. Supporters hope President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will restore democratic governance. The Monroe Doctrine and the 1904 Roosevelt Corollary are cited as historical precedent for U.S. involvement. A warning is issued about Russia, China, and Iran developing military capabilities in the Western Hemisphere.
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