Michelle Cottle

I mean, when we're talking about what's going on over there, this is something we haven't seen in a really long time, right, David?

This is not like sending a few ships or whatever for –

Okay, so I want to touch on Venezuela a little bit.

First, I want to take one step back, and you guys can explain to me this.

So Trump claimed with his strikes back in June that he had obliterated Iran's nuclear capabilities, and this is part of why he's feeling good about his record over there.

But then here we are again with them having to revisit this issue.

Why is this not seen as, well, actually, maybe he didn't do such a great job last time.

And why would we trust him this time?

Okay, so David, you brought up Venezuela.

At the start of this year, the Trump administration went in, they captured Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro.

That country is now being run by Delcy Rodriguez, who was Maduro's vice president.

So not a member of the opposition party, and so not exactly regime change.

Right.

What is this telling us about kind of the administration's global goals of sorts?

Hope springs eternal for you.

Okay, so I want to pull back a little bit more.

Before Trump was elected, he said he wouldn't be starting wars.

He'd be staying out of them.

We all remember the no forever wars talk.

That's not exactly what we're seeing in the span of the year.