The success in Venezuela has "emboldened" the Trump administration's foreign approach with other nations, Jonathan Hanson, a political scientist at the University of Michigan who studies the role of democracy and authoritarian regimes, told the Washington Examiner.
"The talk can be itself a way to try to bring change," Hanson said. "We say, 'Look what we just did in Venezuela. People in Cuba and Colombia and Mexico should pay attention,' because they could be next. It's just sort of a threat as a way to get the Trump administration's objectives pushed forward. But I would not be surprised if we saw military strikes against drug cartels in Mexico, or pressure on the Cuban regime, which is probably fairly fragile and depends on Venezuela for oil."
