David Ignatius: Venezuela Is First Test Case; Trump Wants To Brand Latin America as His Own

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IGNATIUS: "So, Joe, this Congress, as you say, seems determined to give up its Article I powers to declare war. Nobody really has the guts to stand up and insist on a clarity about what this mission is. My own perspective as an observer is that this is, in a way, a branding exercise. Donald Trump wants to brand Latin America as his own. This is going to be Trump Latin America, and Venezuela is the first test case. He wants hegemony. He wants to have U.S. rule in our hemisphere unquestioned. It’s the biggest difference, really, in his foreign policy, is this focus on Latin America. And I think that he is gradually tightening the squeeze on Maduro and Venezuela, finding new reasons each week.”