Trump, most fair-minded people will agree, was absolutely right to give the order to capture Maduro and take him to New York, where the human rights abuser has now been arraigned on drug trafficking charges. Maduro clearly lost the 2024 election and is a murderous thug – a monster who has kept his own people enslaved and starving.

Trump’s focus on foreign policy, either as a commander in chief presiding over airstrikes or as a “peacemaker” pushing for diplomatic deals, poses a potential political risk. His approval ratings have slipped as voters who hoped to see economic conditions brighten on his watch struggle to pay their bills.

There is an old warning in foreign policy about the arrogance of power, “If you break it, you own it.” That principle, popularly known as the Pottery Barn rule, was articulated by Colin Powell in private conversations with President George W.

President Donald Trump asserted that the U.S. is “in charge” of Venezuela, threatened the president of Colombia and repeated his desire to take over Greenland in remarks aboard Air Force One on Jan. 4.