When a President Gets Addicted to Regime Change

[reACTIONary]

Venezuela gave Trump a taste of success. This isn’t the first time an American president has gotten hooked on overthrowing foreign governments.....

Overview of American attempts, both successful and failed, at regime change since starting with Eisenhower.

NYT, no paywall

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/magazine/iran-trump-regime-change-history-eisenhower.html?unlocked_article_code=1.S1A.W40u.nlYT4nif6ONV&smid=url-share

[Ocelot II]

1. This:

"The real lesson of Eisenhower’s regime change addiction is that each intervention tends to produce the very crisis that justifies the next, with consequences that reach forward generations. Eisenhower — methodical, cautious, a five-star general who understood the moral cost of force — never found a way to stop. There is little reason to believe Trump will fare better."

[sop]

2. Trump's first taste of regime change, though unsuccessful, occurred on January 6, 2021.

Some would argue his second taste was on November 5, 2024, and that time he succeeded.

[reACTIONary]

3. Good point.