There is much irony in Donald Trump's move to effect regime change in Venezuela, argues Feature Writer of the Year Kevin McKenna

Donald Trump would appear to know all about trying to overturn legitimate elections. Perhaps, while he has Nicolas Maduro under lock and key, he might solicit advice from the deposed Venezuelan president about how to do it properly.

Among all the justifications the US has claimed for its abduction of Mr Maduro, is that the narco gangster seized power illegitimately via a corrupt 2024 Venezuelan election process.

Yet, if Mr Trump hadn’t triumphed in 2024, he might have spent the last year or so answering charges that he’d tried something similar in 2020. Indeed, several key figures in the attempts to de-legitimise Joe Biden’s victory in 2020 now hold important positions in the American government.

US commentators have reached the obvious conclusion that these appointments are part of a strategy to ensure that Mr Trump faces no further questioning about any alleged involvement in undermining that election.

What gets rarely mentioned is that Mr Trump may be gearing up for a third term in the White House in 2028. This would run contrary to the cherished 22nd Amendment of the US constitution which states that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice”. Yet, Mr Trump has indicated he’d “love to do it”.

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His closest team of advisors are said to be already working on ways around the 22nd Amendment.

It’s in this context that we should perhaps view........

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