Trump’s moves against Venezuela sound familiar for a reason

The US government appears on paper to be assembling parts for a regime change in Venezuela.

► The US military has been firing on what it says are drug-trafficking boats tied to Venezuela.

► President Donald Trump acknowledged authorizing covert CIA operations in the South American country.

► There’s a US Navy buildup in the Caribbean, but in a strange development, on Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the sudden departure of the commander overseeing them, Adm. Alvin Holsey.

► The Venezuelan opposition leader and recent Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado has endorsed US military intervention, including during an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday.