the remaining differences are mostly about aesthetics and not about the use of violence to maintain hegemony

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    Trump threatens Jorge Rodriguez with more blatant terrorism unless he privatizes the world’s largest oil supply. If the new admin capitulates, Trump calls that a win. He gets the oil and the spectacle without losing a single american troop. The US will lose respect from its allies - again - but they never do shit about it. iTs AmErICa FiRsT. america

    Rubio and the Cuba lobby are furious though. They are serious about regime change. The option that gets the most people killed.