Source: Foreign Policy
by Ellen Knickmeyer
“The United States is the world leader in regime change, toppling 35 foreign heads over the past 120 years, by one reckoning. It’s a record built on a dangerous combination of unparalleled military might, a large group of perceived enemies — and a sunny self-confidence that has repeatedly proven mistaken. … Regime change and other strong-arm interventions rarely go as planned, but some of those that Trump is threatening, such as going ‘guns-a-blazing’ into Nigeria, with its armed extremists and ethnic and sectarian divides, seem like obvious disasters. But past failures should remind Americans of how catastrophic the consequences of hubris can be — both on an individual human scale and a national one.” (12/01/25)