Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. The Obama Tonic 104 May 26, 2011 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Economist (U.K.) on by (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:U.K. Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Egypt: Does Venezuela Herald a No-Rules International Order? January 13, 2026. Published in Ahram OnlineThe danger now is not that states will openly defect, but that they will quietly adapt to a rogue U.S. 0 Australia: First Venezuela, then the US Fed — What the White House Attacks Mean for Us January 12, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Ireland: Trump’s Targeting of Health Keeps People Hungry, Sick and Less Likely To Fight Back January 16, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner 0 Australia: Iran, Israel and the US Play Rapidly Shifting Roles in the Middle East January 16, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 India: Panama and Venezuela, 36 Years Apart: How Bush and Trump Used Law to Break Law January 11, 2026. Published in FirstpostWhether George HW Bush or Donald J Trump, Americanimperialism is unabated—the pathetic excuses and the violentshock-and-awe tactics don’t matter; the results do. 0 Topics Egypt: Will the Maduro Scenario Repeat Itself with Khamenei? January 17, 2026. Published in akhbarelyomIran is not Venezuela. 0 Australia: Iran, Israel and the US Play Rapidly Shifting Roles in the Middle East January 16, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Ireland: Trump’s Targeting of Health Keeps People Hungry, Sick and Less Likely To Fight Back January 16, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner 0 Ireland: Trump’s Coveting of Greenland Is an Update of Danish Imperialism January 16, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Ireland: The Irish Times View on Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy: Washington Goes Rogue January 16, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Mexico: Tightening the Rope January 16, 2026. Published in La Crónica de Hoy[T]here is an unhinged man driving a monster truck on the highway. 0 South Africa: Venezuela’s US-Sponsored Crisis a Test for Global Sovereignty January 16, 2026. Published in Cape TimesWhat we are witnessing is not merely a foreign policy crisis. It is a stress test of sovereignty itself, staged as spectacle. 0 Kenya: Venezuela Raid Makes Trump the Newest Threat to World Peace January 16, 2026. Published in The Standard 0 Related Articles Austria: Maybe Trump’s Tariff Bludgeon Was Good for Something after All May 20, 2025. Published in Die Presse U.K.: The Guardian View on the IMF’s Warning: Donald Trump Could Cost the World a Trillion Dollars April 22, 2025. Published in The GuardianThe U.S. president’s economic agenda collides with fragile financial systems, triggering market fears, investor flight and developing nation chaos. U.K.: The Guardian View on Donald Trump’s Industrial Policy: Inward Turn by Ultimatum April 17, 2025. Published in The GuardianThe U.S. is retreating behind chokepoints and tariffs. It remains determined to invent the future but is struggling to ensure its control. U.K.: The Guardian View on the US Immigration Crackdown: What Began with Foreign Nationals Won’t End There April 9, 2025. Published in The GuardianThe Trump administration is deliberately fomenting fear through the deportations and arrests. U.K.: The Guardian View on Trump’s Tariffs: A Monstrous and Momentous Act of Folly April 5, 2025. Published in The GuardianThe U.S. president has expelled his own country from the rules-based global trade system that America itself created. Previous articleWelcome to the GerontocracyNext articleThis Isn’t a Special Relationship; It’s Sinister and Sycophantic LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment