Megyn Kelly on Venezuela, Ben Shapiro’s Treachery, and Mark Levin’s Mental Illness
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What recent events have occurred in Venezuela?
What happened a few days ago in Venezuela is not just a big surprise to people who are watching it. It's not just a kind of exciting foreign policy story. It is the effectively announcement by the U.S. government that our system is changing, that we are now explicitly an empire. We're an empire. So, of course, the argument has been made, and probably there's some truth to it. The United States has been an empire for a long time, for at least the last 80 years. Since 1945, when we emerged victorious from World War II, or maybe even 1918, when the British Empire effectively ended. Maybe even 1898, when we got Puerto Rico, and then a few years later, Cuba from the Spanish Empire. So you could argue that the United States, like all big prosperous countries, inevitably became an empire.
But the difference between the last 120 years and earlier this week is that we never before admitted it, and now we are. So every time we've gone into foreign countries in Latin America, but not just Latin America, really around the world, There has been a pretext for that, usually about human rights or democracy. We're not going to put up with this or that government treating its people this way. And we have to go in to stop the tyranny because we are a force for openness and freedom.
How has the U.S. government changed its stance on foreign policy?
And there's been some truth in that, of course. But behind that has been the calculation behind every big foreign policy move made by every big country. How is this good for us? Whether it's propping up the dollar or getting access to resources, there's always another reason that we're doing it. And people who are paying close attention know that. Of course, one of the reasons that American troops have been clustered around the Middle East for as long as they have been is not just the Israeli lobby. It's because there's an awful lot of energy in the Middle East, oil and gas. And that's important. to our country. So, of course, we have a stake in making sure it can be extracted and moved around the world, obviously.
But what makes what happened in Venezuela, taking the head of state out of the presidential palace with Delta Force and bringing him to New York and putting him on trial, what makes that so very different from, say, I don't know, pick one, killing Mossadegh in 1953 in Iran or whatever, is that the U.S. government, the president of the United States, basically just said, we're doing this because of the resources. Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserve in the world. It's in our hemisphere. It's going to China.
What implications does the U.S. empire status have for foreign interventions?
And how about no? This is our hemisphere. It's going to go to us. He just said it out loud. And there's something kind of thrilling about that. There's something thrilling about the honesty there. There's no fakery. No, we're the U.S. We're not going to put up with that. This is our interest and we're going to protect it. That's what the president said. And for the first time in a long time, there was pretty strong support from the right, from Trump voters for foreign policy adventurism. Keep in mind, a lot of them voted for the president on the basis of his pledge to not start new wars. Well, here is effectively a new conflict and they're supporting it. Why?
Why is there support for military action among Trump voters?
Because the president justified it in terms of our national interest. This is good for us. We're not upholding international law. We're doing it because we want the oil. And again, there's something bracing and refreshing about someone finally telling the truth about why we're doing what we're doing. And the president absolutely told the truth. And that's great. And you saw an uptick in national pride. Understandably, the U.S. military is actually capable of more than DEI. We can do complicated things. And that is something to be proud of. The U.S. government is finally acting in the interest of the United States or says it is. And that's a massive improvement over yet another lecture about a hollow theory.
What are the potential pitfalls of U.S. imperialism?
But there are pitfalls potentially, and it's worth also considering those because this is a new era. As has been noted, the United States has moved into the imperial phase of empire.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What recent events have occurred in Venezuela?
0:01–1:29
2
How has the U.S. government changed its stance on foreign policy?
1:29–2:32
3
What implications does the U.S. empire status have for foreign interventions?
2:32–3:12
4
Why is there support for military action among Trump voters?
3:12–3:55
5
What are the potential pitfalls of U.S. imperialism?
3:55–4:50
6
How does the current political climate affect Congress's power?
4:50–6:13
7
What are the consequences of America's foreign policy decisions?
6:13–7:02
8
How does this discussion reflect on the future of U.S.-Israel relations?
7:02–1:42:36
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