Trump's act 'very bad news for Australia', expert warns
Michael Shoebridge, an Australian defence expert and head of the thinktank Strategic Analysis Australia, has offered his thoughts on the American government’s actions in Venezuela.
There are words of caution, here.
“There will be many people justifying what the US government has just done in Venezuala...
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Many national leaders will also be either silent about or talk around the implications for their countries’ relationships with America, and what this unilateral use of force means for others,” he told news.com.au.
“But whatever the flaws of Venezuala and Maduro, a military abduction of a national leader, followed by President Trump saying the US will ‘run’ the country and extract a lot of oil and wealth from it, is all bad news for Australia and the wider world.
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