It is now crystal clear that President Drumpf wants to get rid of President Maburro (the misspelling of of both names is deliberate) and will order the invasion of Venezuela very soon, Drumpf is probably being advised not to do this, that there is a large probability that regime change - no matter haw awful Maburro's regime is - and it is awful - there could be unintended consequences, such as an even worse regime gaining power.
You have to remember that countries don't have friends - they only have interests. Drumpf is going to have to explain sooner or later why he felt that it was in his country's interest to remove Maburro. Frankly, the drug argument is not a very good reason. And a majority of migrants will not return so that argument too will not work. I am acutely aware that no right thinking person can or even should support the Donkey. But attention has to be paid to the consequences of his removal by external force from another country.
We would then be saying in essence that if the American President - whoever he or she might be - he/she would have the right to interfere with the will of the people of whatever country that may have annoyed the particular President.
Here in T&T we're going to have to be very careful. Our problem is that Rowley's PNM openly sided with Maburro and supported the Donkey even when it was not in our interests to do so. Kamla, in contrast, has openly supported the Americans where it might not have been terribly wise to do so. That there will be consequences for Drumpf's coming invasion of Venezuela is clear. What these consequences will be for us is not so clear.
