Mr. Trump’s decision to send humanitarian aid, as well as search-and-rescue teams, to Venezuela “should be applauded on a moral level,” Daniel DePetris, a fellow at Defense Priorities, a foreign policy research group, wrote on social media.
“But the motives are also personal and geopolitical,” he added. “Trump points to Venezuela constantly as a success story for the so-called ‘Donroe Doctrine,’ and the country is very much a legacy item for him. To watch it suffer without lifting a finger would reconfirm suspicions that Trump only cares about reaping profits from Venezuela’s oil sector, not the people who actually live there.”
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