Trump’s New Brand of Imperialism
The episode examines the unprecedented nature of Donald Trump’s foreign policy, particularly the U.S. military invasion of Venezuela and seizure of President Nicolás Maduro, framed as a return to naked imperialism driven by oil interests. Historian Daniel Immerwahr argues this marks a sha
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