President Donald Trump has, in recent months, overseen military strikes against alleged “drug smuggling” boats off the coast of Venezuela, ordered a military build-up in its coastal waters, accused its president, Nicolas Maduro, of being part of a drug cartel, and, on Wednesday, seized one of the nation’s oil tankers.
What’s his problem with Venezuela? And why does he seem intent on dragging the U.S. into a war with the South American nation?
