The American Conservative

We know that Trump is impulsive, has terrible judgment, and doesn’t think through the consequences of his decisions, so we can’t assume that his threats are just so much hot air.

It took persistent opposition from his advisers, Cabinet members, and regional leaders to convince him to drop the bizarre idea of launching an illegal war on Venezuela.

A coup runs the risk of considerable bloodshed and possibly even civil war, which will only compound Venezuela’s very serious economic and political problems.

The inclusion of Chad has illustrated just how preposterous the ban is.

This is what happens when an incompetent administration makes responding to a wildly exaggerated threat one of its priorities.

The now-indefinite ban on almost all kinds of travel from Iran is a pointless slap in the face of one of the most pro-American peoples in the world.

It was alarming to hear Trump speak in such stark, fanatical terms about international affairs.

The idea that Mexico is on the “verge of collapse” or comparable to Venezuela under Chavez is nonsense.

This episode is an important reminder of how unwelcome U.S. interference in the affairs of other nations usually is.

Trump has strengthened Maduro’s position domestically and internationally.

Trump’s comment on Venezuela makes a bad situation worse. Michael Shifter calls …

Few things could be worse for the prospects of effective political protest and change than providing a regime’s leaders with the specter of U.S. intervention.

One could hardly ask for a clearer example of how taking sides in another country’s internal political upheaval can damage the cause it is supposed to help.

The reaction to Trump’s Venezuela rhetoric across the region has been swift and overwhelmingly negative.

An armed U.S. intervention in Venezuela would be the worst possible response to the country’s serious crisis.

Heavy-handed, meddlesome tactics of the sort favored by Rubio are exactly what that unfortunate country and its political opposition don’t need now

The U.S. should be willing to help its neighbors in our hemisphere when we can be reasonably sure that our help is wanted and constructive, but most of the time it is neither of those things.