HOW DOES HE GET AWAY WITH THIS?

cnn--
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was ordering a "total and complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers coming to and leaving from Venezuela, ratcheting up the pressure against leader Nicolas Maduro's regime and suggesting an economic motive to the US military campaign in the region...
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What da hell does "an economic motive to the US military campaign" mean? So it's no longer about "narcoterrorists"?

What is shocking to me is how easily Trump gets away doing these illegal things, with little push back from mainstream media or the Democratic party.