When listening to Democrat thought leaders, it is best to know the pattern:

Trump (or his administration) does something.  Democrats explain that action in a way that makes it look stupid, petty, corrupt or some combination of the three. Meanwhile, they ignore the far more plausible explanation that’s staring them in the face – an explanation that supports the public good.

The most recent example arose in response to the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Operation Absolute Resolve.

On Saturday, Trump told reporters he has no plans to parachute in Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to run the country.

“It’d be very tough for her to be the leader,” Trump said. “She doesn’t have the support within — or the respect within — the country.”

For now, the Chavista regime remains in place and Delcy Rodríguez — Maduro’s VP — has stepped in as interim president.

The liberal media saw their chance to strike in the most idiotic way imaginable.

The Washington Post reported Monday that “[t]wo people close to the White House” told the paper Trump’s “lack of interest in boosting Machado … stemmed from her decision to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, an award the president had openly covered.”

“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be president of Venezuela today,” one of these anonymous and dubious sources reportedly told the Post.

It’s the perfect red-meat story for progressives: Trump comes off as an unprincipled narcissist who doesn’t mind destabilizing an entire country to avenge a........

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