Irish Examiner view: World on edge after Trump's move in Venezuela

rump’s largely fictitious charges against Maduro and his administration will be noted internationally

Federal law enforcement personnel stand watch outside the Metropolitan Detention Center as they await the arrival of captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in New York Picture: Yuki Iwamura/AP

Donald Trump’s ability to blend facts, or even a lack of them, into his own truth, has been a singular phenomenon throughout both his terms of office. Never before, though, has this talent been used to justify the illegal invasion of a sovereign foreign state and the arrest of its leader.

What the international ramifications of these actions will be remains unclear, but it seems almost certain they will embolden others to do what they like — just as he has.