"Since emerging as a surprise presidential candidate more than a decade ago, Trump has criticized the U.S. incursions into Iraq and Afghanistan to replace the governments of both countries as cardinal errors of American foreign policy. And, in general, he has rejected direct U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts. In this context, the operation to capture Maduro and the volatile situation it has generated seems to be an example of what he has been vehemently criticizing for years."
"The issue has required the intervention of Vice President J.D. Vance, who has explained what appears to be the official position. In a post on X, he attempted to settle the discussion by elaborating on the arguments that the operation to capture Maduro, and, more broadly, the military pressure that has been exerted on Venezuela in recent months, is justified by the supposed national interest in ending drug trafficking, even though experts point out that relatively few drugs leave V"
MAGA supporters are divided over the meaning of 'America First' and whether the Venezuela operation to capture President Nicolas Maduro contradicts isolationist promises. Some view the operation and U.S. remarks about running Venezuela as a betrayal of prioritizing domestic issues, while others call it a national-interest intervention that revives the Monroe Doctrine, labeled the Donroe Doctrine. The dispute risks widening rifts within the MAGA coalition alongside controversies over Epstein, Israel support, Argentina's bailout, and attacks on Iranian nuclear sites. Trump previously condemned regime-change wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and generally opposed direct U.S. military involvement. Vice President J.D. Vance posted on X defending the action as aimed at stopping drug trafficking.
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