1.0acTVismhttps://www.actvism.org/enrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9Ai3OTfFm1"><a href="https://www.actvism.org/en/latest/venezvuela-america-first-ukraine-mate/">Aaron Maté on U.S. Involvement in Venezuela and Ukraine and “America First” Contradictions</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.actvism.org/en/latest/venezvuela-america-first-ukraine-mate/embed/#?secret=9Ai3OTfFm1" width="600" height="338" title="“Aaron Maté on U.S. Involvement in Venezuela and Ukraine and “America First” Contradictions” — acTVism" data-secret="9Ai3OTfFm1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.actvism.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1740-Design.jpg19201080In this video, journalist Michael Tracey interviews  Aaron Maté about the US involvement in Venezuela and Ukraine, and the role of former US President Donald Trump, as well as the little substantive difference between the Ukraine policies of Trump and Biden, with both parties supporting the use of Ukraine as a proxy to wage a war against Russia. Furthermore Maté and Tracy discuss the role of figures like Boris Johnson in encouraging an escalation of the conflict and undermining potential diplomatic solutions.