01/05/2026
OPINION: Trump’s Reckless Venezuela Escapade Is Imperialism, Plain and Simple
Let me be very clear: what President Trump is doing in Venezuela is not a foreign policy decision. It is a constitutional crisis. It is an act of imperialism. And it demands an immediate response from Congress. On January 3rd, the Trump administration launched military operations against Venezuela—a sovereign nation thousands of miles away. The President has provided no credible evidence of an imminent threat to the United States....
Senator Bernie Sanders condemns Trump's military attack on Venezuela as constitutional violation and a return to 19th-century imperialism masked as 21st-century policy.