In the past of firearms, it offers a useful analogy of canned casual shooting, the growing military activity of the Trump administration in Latin America. I explain the possible reasons for this political development
Political Causality of US Military Violence
Trump doesn’t know about his deep policy expertise, but his political instincts are sharp and he decides that his base does not discriminate against targets of US military toping. Many Trump’s political supporters are delighted to see the violence inflicted on the “enemies” of the political mycelium of US military violence.
Attacking non-state actors and weak regimes in Central and South America is far more Lethos and a dangerous evacuation than facing peer-level nuclear-armed enemies such as Russia and China. The history of the American empire is beginning to run the opposite way. Rather than continuing the global expansion launched by the Spanish-American war, he is now returning to being a graduate of the Western Hemisphere’s Gambat. Trump has already launched a military anti-drug operation in South America, attacking on a strike to destroy a ship that allegedly transported drugs off the coast of Venezuela. Such activities may continue for the remainder of his term.
Kill Narcos
Unleashing the US military on drug traffickers is a simple crying movement for Trump. The number of targets and the relative immunity of US forces make them politically appealing due to the relative immunity of lightly armed personnel. Trump has already staged F-35 attack aircraft and weapons in Puerto Rico into such a campaign. Drug trade can attack the army at any point in manufacturing and transport. The same goes for the assassination of drug cartel leaders. These strike videos are politically rewarding for Trump. Because his followers confuse the theatres of violence with effective foreign policy.
. @potus “This morning, on my order, the US military is driving a second athletic attack that was actively identified and in charge of exceptionally violently resistant cartels and drug-based attitudes. pic.twitter.com/kqyiepqsgb
– Daurapid Response (@dowrres) September 15, 2025
Even the massive steaks won’t end the drug trade. Poverty repeats again an endless supply of recruits. Workers and Quiets are easily exchanged, and once the leader is eliminated, the gang is quickly reaffirmed. Certainly, suppressing the dominant drug cartels has historically increased violence as it triggered a turf fight among surviving gangs.
Grab the Panama Canal
Once Trump’s supporters get bored of seeing Narcos die, the next level of military sight will be an invasion of Panama’s channel. This was a quick re-run of the 1989 invasion. Panama has no ability to resist such attacks.
In December 1989, the United States launched Operation Just Cause, a rapid military intervention to resign Panama leader General Manuel Noriega. The US cited four main reasons: It will safeguard around 35,000 American citizens in Panama, defending democracy after Noriega negated victory in the opposition election, combating involvement in drug trafficking, and protecting the Panama Canal and related treaties.
About 27,000 US troops and 300 aircraft overwhelmed Panama’s troops in a week. Noriega surrendered after rebutting at the Vatican Embassy. The invasion established Guillermo Endara as president of Panama. We have been restored to control the security of the channel area. And Washington showed his willingness to make decisions in the hemisphere. However, it attracted international criticism of civilian casualties and was accused by the UN General Assembly of a violation of international law.
Venezuela’s attack
Since Hugo Chavez came to power in 1998, the United States has tried to overthrow Venezuela’s socialist regime through economic sanctions and secret means. Chavez’s successor, Nicolas Maduro, can justify military invasion by portraying Venezuela as a drug shelter. Venezuela will be a much tougher challenge for military action due to its population (28 million), diverse geography and military scale.
Venezuela’s long coastline becomes vulnerable to naval blockades and amphibian invasions, but within the country there are rivers, mountains and jungle regions that can hinder military thwarts. Venezuela’s large militia forces could be mounted with densely populated urban areas. The determined rebellion could result in casualties in the occupying forces over the years. The American public who avoids casualties may oppose the war as they have gained the previous military quagmire. The international political blow from the US invasion of Venezuela is likely to be substantial. Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Peru could become more hostile towards the US and change their economic situation towards Europe and China.
Venezuelan troops are far more loyal and well equipped than Panama troops. Although they cannot defeat US invasion forces, they end up inflicting considerable casualties in several months of combat.
Venezuelan militia – serving millions
While Trump is unlikely to make a full-scale invasion of Venezuela, I may launch a series of attacks on Venezuela’s military facilitation, threatening the government and seized a change of government. Venezuelan protests against UNA and the international community will likely be fruitless.
Israel’s predecessor
It emphasizes that Israel’s repeated cross-border strikes cannot be aggressively restrained by UN’A in US-backed states. Trump may be a similar exemption to expectation in Latin America. This means that much of Central America and South America could become free fire zones for the US military, and there is a negative long-term consensus in the US international position, just as Israel increases political isolation due to its illicit state actions.
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Trump’s free violence against Latin America is bad news, but if he’s funny from the nuclear conflict with Russia and China, it could be less evil. Taking Narcos might give Trump a political boost, but trigger-happy poly towards Latin America will leave another confusion for Histo’s successor.
