pjmedia.com Welcome to “The New Monroe Doctrine,” where I give you an update on what’s going on in the Western Hemisphere, south of our border, especially as it relates to the United States.
First of all, I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. I took the day off and cooked for eight hours, and my brain is still in some sort of turkey and pecan pie-induced coma, so bear with me here. I almost took the week off, but there are things that I feel are important to mention before we head into the weekend… and December.
Venezuela
Venezuela is dominating the news cycle, and rightfully so. But 90% of what’s out there is junk. For example, half the world seemed to think we were going to invade the South American country on November 24 because that’s the day Nicolás Maduro’s Cartel de lo Soles officially became a Foreign Terrorist Organization. I’m not disagreeing that the timeline isn’t important, but few also seemed to realize that once the Secretary of State makes this decision, there’s a seven-day waiting period before it becomes official. It wasn’t some kind of D-Day. It was red tape.
As I’m writing this, the New York Times has come out and said that Donald Trump and Marco Rubio actually spoke to Maduro last week. The story is from all anonymous sources, and the White House wouldn’t comment on it, so whether it’s true or not is anyone’s guess. If true, I’m guessing it didn’t go well. I’d like to think Maduro did what he does — begged, pleaded, and negotiated everything he owns to stop the Trump administration from ensuring he’s removed from holding the country hostage. Maybe he even launched into another rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
But this is the same New York Times that came out on Wednesday with a hit piece on Nobel Peace Prize winner and Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, claiming that she was lying about Maduro’s narco-threats in order to trick the Trump administration into getting involved. Fun fact: Rubio alone probably knows more about this topic than every single New York Times columnist and reporter combined. Yawn. Try again.
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