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"Trump’s belief in his own global omnipotence, and his desire to grab the territory and natural resources of other countries has been held in check until now by his fear of entanglement in foreign wars....[so] the worst thing about the Maduro rendition is that it worked....
He looks at the world through the eyes of a 19th-century imperialist, but with 21st-century weapons":
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/03/putin-russia-us-foreign-policy-venezuela