By framing the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.

What would Donald Trump have to do for the U.S. media to frame what he is doing in Venezuela as an act of war?

This isn’t a rhetorical question. It’s an actual inquiry, the pursuit of which can reveal a lot about how U.S. media’s default posture is state subservience and stenography. In the past few months, President Trump has committed several clear acts of war against Venezuela, including: murdering — in cold blood — scores of its citizens, hijacking its ships, stealing its resources, issuing a naval blockade, and attacking its ports.

Then in a stunning escalation on early Saturday morning, the administration invaded Venezuela’s sovereign territory, bombing several buildings, killing at least 40 more of its citizens, kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from their bed, and announcing they will, henceforth, “run” the country.

And yet none of these acts of brazen aggression, violence, and violations of international law have, in any sustained or meaningful way, been referred to as acts of war, a coup, or invasion in U.S. mainstream media reporting.

  • flandish@lemmy.world
    72·
    6 days ago

    nope. the US should be booted, Ukraine falls, and can blame it ON the US. fast forward and a generation later a cohort of pissed off MS Flight Sim enthusiasts will provide us with another day to “never forget.”

        • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
          22·
          5 days ago

          Okay…?

          Kind of gross that you fantasize about repeating history where thousands of civilians die.

          EDIT: Look, maybe your intention is that you’re not advocating for this outcome but acknowledging the possibility? But the way I read it sounded like you wanted it to happen, as many Tankies unironically do.