Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:___Jan. 1The Washington Post on Trump's new humanitarian aid package to the U.N. The United States spent 20 years failing to create a stable government in Afghanistan and replaced a dictatorship in Libya with a fractured state. Perhaps most relevant, the United States has sporadically destabilized Latin American countries, including Chile, Cuba, Guatemala and Nicaragua, by trying to oust a government through force. Despite this history, Mr. Trump seemed to commit the United States to a nation-building project in Venezuela. His administration has justified his attacks on the small boats by claiming they pose an immediate threat to the United States.

Source: Washington Post January 05, 2026 21:02 UTC