The strikes and seizures serve less to secure resources than to justify emergency powers, sideline Congress and expand presidential authority at home.
By Jasim Al-Azzawi
Analyst and journalist.
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Trump has manufactured the Venezuela crisis, not to grab more oil but to expand his executive power.
The strikes and seizures serve less to secure resources than to justify emergency powers, sideline Congress and expand presidential authority at home.
By Jasim Al-Azzawi
Analyst and journalist.
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