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America does have a history of intervening in Latin America on the side of dictators, usually in the cause of countering communism or protecting the hemisphere from the influence of other foreign powers. It's easy to see why various rogues and rubes would see this pattern repeating in Venezuela.
The U.S. president recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's interim president. At least a dozen other countries in the Western Hemisphere have since followed suit.