From Venezuela to Nigeria, Trump’s foreign policy blurs the line between business and war

xFor a man who is desperately seeking the Nobel Peace Prize, US President Donald Trump has not wasted time in preparing for war. Revealing an intrinsic temptation among US Presidents to send troops out to distant lands, Mr Trump has threatened to invade Venezuela and bomb Nigeria -- which are both oil-exporting countries. He has been eyeing Greenland and wants to take back control of the Panama Canal.

Every major war in the post-Second World War era has the imprint of what former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower termed the interests of a “military-industrial complex”. The most active part of America’s shrinking industrial base has been devoted to the manufacture of armaments. Every war has been a m

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