“You break it, you fix it.”
As much of a dipshyt Maduro was, the solution to this was always via diplomatic and economic means. Trump burned through decades of American-set precedent with a single move. You don’t kidnap a sitting president, the removal of Maduro was for the Venezuelans to do themselves. Seeing this more and more, where third world countries are willing to see their sovereignty infringed upon all in the name of being saved from their poor leaders who got power via plebiscites. A foreign power won’t save you from the weak institutions that allowed a Maduro to maintain power in the first place.
Now America is pretty much embroiled in the destiny of Venezuela. Trump is making a bet that their oil will make it somehow worth it . While Venezuela has some of the highest oil reserves on the planet, their oil infrastructure is severely degraded from years of underdevelopment and lack of investment . They went from being able to produce 3.2B barrels per day in the 90s to under 1MM today. It’s going to take years to make their oil infrastructure functional, and Trump has 10 months before midterms and 2 years before his presidency ends. Do the math.