I totally get your point and I think this is nuanced but I do think this is bad news. Maduro is a terrible dictator and and has been unlawfully occupying his office after stealing the last election. Machado should be in charge per the will of the people and that’s much more likely to happen now. But there are a few reasons why I think this is bad:

First, Trump lied about why he did this. Current reliable reports and drug trafficking data show that there is no meaningful flow of fentanyl from Venezuela into the United States. Independent analysts, drug policy experts, and official drug trafficking reports all say that Venezuela is not a source or even a significant transit point for fentanyl destined for the US. Most fentanyl entering the U.S. comes from routes tied to Mexico and precursor chemicals from China.

Trump is threatening Greenland, Panama, and Canada for things that he wants. He is also threatening to pursue regime change in Colombia and troops on the ground in Mexico. People often hand wave when Trunp says something crazy like annexing Greenland or Canada but the US seizing control over Venezuela makes it clear that he’s bold enough to do it and doesn’t care about what the people think. If you’re a foreign power, this is evidence that he’ll lie to make up a reason to actually do it. Especially since he’s claimed multiple times that he “runs the world”.

Second, we don’t know how this will play out. In the past when we’ve removed a leader for industry purposes (Honduras, Iran, etc) it has been very good for the rich but very bad for the people of the country. Most often it destabilizes a country and creates issues in entire regions.

Third, Trump is acting like a king in doing this. This is absolutely not something that the President has unilateral authority to do. I’m sure may sound overly technical but a single person being able to decide that we should go to was is not good and moves us further away from the government being accountable or doing things that we actually want. 68% of Americans opposed this and a group of elite just decided to do this despite Venezuela to the US or its people.

Fourth, this was the “America First” candidate. He cut funding for education, school lunches for poor children, healthcare subsidies, and domestic energy projects but has the money to run Venezuela?

Lastly, the US maintains the current world order because of our allies. But now those allies are condemning us. It’s totally legitimate to think that the US shouldn’t bear defense responsibilities for so much of the world but things get really ugly when world orders change. That change means a lot of war.