On Politics: Venezuela and the Trump Doctrine

In early January, the US military seized Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, in a display of force that echoed its numerous past interventions in Latin America. Yet in this case, Trump’s justifications for the action made no mention of democracy, but cited, among other things, migration, narco-terrorism and oil. In this episode, James is joined by historian Greg Grandin to discuss what the intervention reveals about Trump’s intentions in the region and his wider foreign policy, and why, as in the past, such adventures will ultimately expose the limits of US power. Read more on politics in the LRB: ⁠ From the LRB

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On Politics: Venezuela and the Trump Doctrine is an episode from The LRB Podcast by London Review of Books.

This episode is 61:35 long.

This episode was published on Jan 14, 2026.

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