You gotta look into the Venezuela thing further. It's more geopolitical, specifically about reducing Chinese influence in South America.

Now, whether that's needed or whether the US is handling it in a "good way" is all up for debate. But there is a deliberateness.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Venezuela_relati...

* https://thediplomat.com/2024/08/china-breaks-with-latin-amer...

* https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3335116/china-unlike...

The US is pulling back from NATO and simultaneously re-asserting dominance in the Americas, i.e., the Munroe Doctrine, which has suffered setbacks in recent decades.