Trump and Pump: Another Oil Quagmire

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Kleptocracy, crony capitalism, imperialism, colonialism, carbon politics or Kissinger-style politics. Call it what you wish. But the Trump semi coup in Venezuela is another example of the retro politics of the Trump administration, and it is destined to pull the US into yet another quagmire, reminiscent of Iraq, Afghanistan and perhaps even Vietnam.

There is an adage that states always prepared to fight the last war.  Trump’s incoherent views of the US were always backward looking...