This is the thing: Trump is no neocon. These aren’t military actions for normative reasons, like democracy.
This is 19th century stuff: gunboat diplomacy, tariffs, etc: The US gets what it wants, and you don’t.
In this case: hopes for more oil fewer drugs and migrants.
Explains why Trump was so down on Machado ystdy
The regime gets to stay in place if they give up on Maduro, stop playing footsie w our adversaries and cut us in on the oil