Trump didn’t solve Venezuela — he broke the rules that let the US pretend its power was lawful, and that damage isn’t going away. Right, so Donald Trump has turned Venezuela into a permanent liability for the United States, and that damage is already done. A US president has bombed a sovereign country, seized its head of state, and in the process stripped away the last pretence that American law sits above American force. Venezuela is the immediate target, Nicolás Maduro is the captive, but the thing that’s been hit hardest is the boundary that used to separate arrest from invasion and courts from bombs. That boundary is gone, and once it’s gone, it doesn’t quietly grow back. This isn’t just about today’s operation or whatever details get argued over next. This fits a pattern we’ve seen hardening in real time, where legality follows power instead ...