Trump’s Latin America Policy: Inconsistencies and Vacillations

Donald Trump's foreign policy actions in the first 10 weeks of his second administration are a far cry from his first , when regime change was the unmistakable goal.

Unlike Trump ’s policies on immigration, trans rights, and taxation, his Latin American policy is plagued by vacillations and uncertainties.

Ruben Oppenheimer : Trump ’s threats against world leaders come straight out of his 1987 book The Art of the Deal .

Trump 's approach can be summarized as “attack and negotiate,” he states in the book.

Trump has repeatedly stated that the U.S. does not need Venezuelan oil, he writes.

But Maduro 's agreement to collaborate on repatriation of immigrants in return for the renewal of the license exemplifies the conflicting priorities within Trumpism.

Even Florida ’s hawk senator Rick Scott has questioned the effectiveness of foreign aid.

The issue of U.S. aid has also produced infighting from an unexpected source: within the Venezuelan right-wing opposition.

Trump loathes losing and, in the face of declining popularity, he is likely to turn to more realistic goals that can count on bipartisan support in addition to endorsement from commercial media.