Mainstream media coverage of Trump’s attack on Venezuela and capture of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, has not merely failed to interrogate the Pentagon’s actions, it has actively laundered them, presenting an act of war as a technocratic maneuver, a coup as a “capture” and an invasion as an “operation.” Americans have seen this pattern before, and the consequences were catastrophic. The Washington Post, meanwhile, now openly drifting into MAGA alignment, published a fawning editorial praising the attack as “one of the boldest moves a president has made in years” and declaring the operation an “unquestionable tactical success” — a chilling phrase to apply to the violent overthrow of a foreign leader, particularly when no one can say what comes next. The Washington Post’s banner headline captured the quiet admission beneath the initial bravado: “Uncertainty clouds U.S. plan to ‘run’ Venezuela.” The Associated Press described events as “a turnaround after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier that the U.S. would be running Venezuela.” But the damage caused by the media’s failure was done.
Author: Sophia Tesfaye
Published at: 2026-01-05 22:30:47
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