The petty and infantile purpose Trump will not permit Machado to steer Venezuela

Donald Trump is by far the pettiest president in US history. He never forgets an insult, even if most of them are imagined, and he seeks revenge against people he sees as political enemies.

We have often seen this behavior in action in the United States, as even after their deaths Trump will continue to mock and criticize people like John McCain, whose unforgivable sin in Trump’s eyes was voting against repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

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Trump sought to launch revenge cases against those who had the courage to either speak out about potential wrongdoing in his first administration, like James Comey, or to successfully prosecute him, like New York State Attorney General Letitia James.

The courts have ensured that much of Trump’s agenda hits a wall, or at least faces obstacles, in the United States He has moved his pursuit of unlimited power and control overseas.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was widely expected to be the next president if Maduro was ever toppled from power. She was seen as the person who could usher in a new era of democracy in her home country.

Machado won’t get that chance because, according to new reports, she made the mistake of incurring Trump’s wrath He accepts the Nobel Peace Prize, which he covets.

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