He thinks he has taken control of the Venezuelan oil industry and of the Venezuelan polity tout court. He thinks “we”—he, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and their minions—now “run” the country of Venezuela. The Trump administration is, and should be, as afraid of such an attack as is Venezuela. The Trump administration is a bully that wants to, and is convinced it can, get Venezuela to surrender without actually fighting. It is not Donald Trump, but Rodriguez, Putin, Xi, and any other world leaders who want to preserve “international niceties,” who are going to decide who runs Venezuela.