All bets are off with Donnie Darko at the helm

The Platt Amendment, introduced by Senator Orville Platt (R-Connecticut) in 1901, gave the United States the right to intervene militarily "for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty (American corporate interest$)." As a direct result of this law, the United States intervened militarily in the Caribbean dozens of times in the early 20th century alone, including occupations of Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua.

FDR's "Good Neighbor" policy (supposedly) ended U.S. military interventionism in the Western Hemisphere, renouncing the right to intervene in the internal affairs of other nations. Roosevelt: "The definite policy of the United States from now on is one opposed to armed intervention." Cordell Hull, Roosevelt’s Secretary of State: "No state has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another."

Obviously, Trump and Rubio diasagree, as have other presidents since Roosevelt. The US continues to justify military interventions in the Caribbean, claiming the need to stabilize the region, protect American economic interests and promote democracy. More recently, justifications focus on fighting drug trafficking, terrorism and human smuggling.

In Trump's mind, his bullshit designation of Tren de Aragua as a "foreign terrorist organization" provided "justification" for the lethal military action off the coast of Venezuela. Blowing up a small boat carrying eleven people, with no evidence they were involved in either narco-terrorism or human smuggling, is an act of war, and a violation of international law.