By undercutting the legitimate democratic opposition in Venezuela and suggesting the US will deal with the dictatorship to secure oil access, Trump undermines the legitimacy of the claimed humanitarian and democratic rationale for removing Maduro.
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“by undercutting the legitimate democratic opposition...Trump is seems to be suggesting we'll deal with the dictatorship if we can get our way on oil, which undercuts the very legitimacy of our claim”
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