Trump definitely wants to demonstrate the might and resolve of the US to the world. He has to do it because the US has been taken advantage of by many other countries for years but also, things will never change for our country unless we put a stop to the drug cartels and the presence of China and Russia in South America.

Trump has control of the oil for now which he will sell on the open market to benefit VZ. The US will also benefit from that. US oil companies will rebuild their oil industry infrastructure which Chavez and Maduro let deteriorate. We did VZ a favor by removing Maduro. The people are happy he's gone. They've lived in poverty for years, but now they have hope for a better future.

What Trump did is a win for both countries. It isn't like what Putin has done in Ukraine or what Xi would do with Taiwan. Trump left the rest of the Venezuelan government in place. Its under US watch for now, but so far it seems to be working. He's not looking to take over the country, he wants to partner with them before China or Russia does. Strategically, that can't be allowed to happen.

Tucker has some good points. I didn't hear the whole video yet but so what if we're now an empire? We're doing good things.