Any media reports or opeds that say Trump's motives for murdering Venezuelans, invading the country and kidnapping its president are about "narcoterrorism" or "authoritarianism" are deliberately lying to you.
Trump has been perfectly clear about what this is all about.
Trump speaking about Venezuela on December 18, 2025:
They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out. And we want it back.