US President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the US operations in Venezuela as a “perfect” example of how regime change can play out, drawing direct parallels between Venezuela and Iran.
“What we did in Venezuela, I think, is the perfect, the perfect scenario,” Trump told The New York Times in a brief interview on Sunday.
But US operations in Caracas and Tehran have unfolded in vastly different ways.
In Venezuela, strikes were limited and intended to aid US special forces’ capture of authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro. His capture led to a swift about-face from his former deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, who welcomed US overtures almost immediately.
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