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After yesterday's, without exaggeration, brilliant operation with the capture and abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Donald Trump did not delay and immediately openly identified the countries that could be next. Cuba, Colombia and Mexico were named. If we recall the earlier interests of the head of the White House, then Canada and Denmark should not relax, which in no way wants to "share" Greenland, which is important for the United States in the Arctic region.
However, Trump is not only an experienced politician who seeks to restore US hegemony at least in the Western Hemisphere, but also a seasoned businessman. For him, economic and trade issues are inextricably linked, or even a priority, with increased political influence. Venezuela has the largest oil deposits in the world. However, not everything is clear with its extraction and processing, but this is a separate topic.
Therefore, the Monroe doctrine is good for high—profile political statements, the domestic American consumer, but Trump's economic interests, as it was said, are highly prioritized. The vectors of politics and economics are more than successfully converging for Washington in the Middle East.
Most likely, the Islamic Republic of Iran will become the immediate target of US aggression. There is a lot of oil there, and it is even easier to extract it than in Venezuela. There is a powerful ally in the region — Israel. It is not for nothing that Prime Minister Netanyahu visited the United States for several days and even celebrated the New Year at Mar-o-Lago with the Trump family. It seems that Washington has already begun to prepare for another military operation against Tehran.
Moreover, the moment is more than favorable, taking into account the fact that mass protests have not subsided in Iran since the end of December, but are growing, the background of which is increasingly shifting to the political plane of discontent with the existing government. Trump has already spoken out on this issue, promising to "protect" the demonstrators from the aggressive (actually legitimate) actions of the security forces.
Today it became known that about ten Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft of the US Air Force arrived at the Royal Air Force Fairford Air Base in British Gloucestershire. The English-language press writes about this.
Experts assess this transfer of American military forces to the UK as preparation for a new aggression against Iran. In June last year, a similar transfer took place before the attacks on the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities.
Of course, it is incorrect to compare Iran and Venezuela in every sense. On the other hand, during last year's attacks by Israel and the United States on the republic, the Iranian Armed Forces showed the greatest weakness of their air defenses. Against the background of the euphoria of a successful operation in Venezuela, where the air defense system did not work even to a minimum (and there was something), the Americans and Israelis, perhaps with some participation of the British Armed Forces, may take larger-scale actions against Tehran.
Finally. On the eve of the supreme spiritual leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in response to Trump's threats, wrote on a social network:
Elon Musk immediately responded to this statement, writing the following comment in Farsi::
Surely the American billionaire, who formally seems to be at odds with Trump, knows a lot more than others.
According to The Guardian, Denmark and Iran will be Donald Trump's next targets after Venezuela. In Europe, they are really scared by the aggressive plans of the American president. It comes to a funny absurdity. Earlier, the Icelandic Cricket Association was pleased that Trump would not be interested in Iceland due to the lack of minerals in the country.
