Calling it a brazen action against the rule of law and the US Constitution, Brooklyn U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke said the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela lacks consideration for the grave consequences that will follow.
The U.S. Rep. said, “This impulsive intervention does not make America safer. It leaves our global reputation in tatters and further destabilizes an already volatile region, and our South American and Caribbean relations. Worse still, Donald Trump now threatens a lasting US occupation of Venezuela and refuses to rule out a significant presence of American troops on the ground. The Venezuelan people deserve their chance at freedom. They do not wish to substitute their dictator with America’s,” she stated.
The U.S. Rep. opposed the action. She explained that the Trump administration’s moves will embolden adversaries to conduct their own military aggressions against sovereign nations. This erodes international norms and the rule of law.
U.S. Rep. Clarke also noted the military actions will not end with Venezuela. If the president’s actions are not checked, more illegal military aggressions loom. These will undoubtedly come at a cost to American lives, resources, and moral standing.
Clarke said that since the Trump Administration first initiated strikes off the coast of Venezuela, Americans have overwhelmingly opposed these illegal military actions and have rightly already rejected this unhinged escalation.
“President Trump lacked both the righteousness and the constitutional respect to bring this war before Congress. Had he done so I would have voted no. In the dead of night, Donald Trump has plunged the United States into yet another dangerous foreign entanglement by unleashing direct military strikes upon Venezuela’s capital and capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.
The U.S. Rep. emphasized that she does not endorse Nicholas Maduro’s authoritarian rule that has oppressed Venezuelans and “he is a despot…but this is not the case of the ends justifying the means.” Clarke noted.
