while we here in the empire get to hear about russian meddling so often as to make one look for ways to plug up our ears, and certainly change the channel, the empire goes about its covert business meddling in the affairs of others. do you really think all of those south american countries who had governments we didn't like did a one hundred and eighty degree switch in their governments because of great political campaigns?;

The Trump administration’s recognition of Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president has provoked criticism from independent journalists but cheers from an unexpected quarter: his domestic foes.

“Donald Trump, Mike Pence and Marco Rubio got to decide who is president of Venezuela. That’s democracy you guys,” tweeted journalist Rania Khalek, who also predicted that the same media outlets hating on Trump all day would applaud the move...........https://www.rt.com/news/449539-trump-venezuela-recognition-reactions/