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Named after the historic Monroe Doctrine, Donald J. Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” asserts U.S. primacy in the Western Hemisphere through aggressive diplomatic, economic, and military pressure. This policy has led to strategic defense agreements in Greenland, pressure on Cuba, and unilateral actions including the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
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New York Post, Wednesday, WARKS BEN THE DONROE DOCTRINE GREENLAND: New security arrangement CUBA: Communist regime under pressure How Trump has built hemisphere of influence By JOSH CHRISTENSON President Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” has solidified the US grip over almost two-thirds of the Western Hemisphere, cutting deals with pro-America govern- ments, targeting drug cartels, and booting Chinese influence, offi- cials and experts say. Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have prioritized as many as 20 nations across the Americas to curb threats, secure supply chains, and stop the flow of illicit drugs and migration, ac- cording to a senior administra- tion official. “The president first and fore- most is a dealmaker, but he doesn’t put up with freeloading,” the senior official told The Post. “China’s on the back foot. For the first time, they’re forced to com- pete fairly and grapple with the fact that this is our hemisphere.” The Post coined the term “Don- roe Doctrine” in a Jan. eight, 2025, front-page article on Trump’s bold efforts to acquire Greenland, wrest back control of the Panama Canal and even troll Canada as a future “51st state” to the US. While Trump didn’t annex Greenland, the pressure cam- paign extracted a defense pact granting the US military access to two strategic Arctic bases. Pan- ama also pulled out of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative to align with Washington, a move Rubio hailed as vital for an open, secure canal. The administration further con- ditioned foreign aid away from progressive initiatives, paving the way for conservative candidates to sweep a half dozen regional elections, Trump allies claim. “The world is one big chess- board right now,” said Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “The administration sees China as the number one adversary and is po- sitioning the United States for a fierce competition over the com- ing decades.” Caracas the key The White House has ham- mered cartels through strict bor- der controls, surgical military strikes on maritime smuggling vessels, and the 15-nation Shield of the Americas defense coalition alongside El Salvador, Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, and Pan- ama. Another four nations-Ba- hamas, Belize, Guatemala, and Ja- maica-signed onto the broader Counter Cartel Coalition. Yet the crown jewel of Trump’s doctrine remains Caracas. In January 2026, US military forces stormed the Venezuelan capital, capturing socialist dicta- tor Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, toppling his regime in hours. With Maduro locked in a federal jail cell in Brooklyn awaiting trial on narcoterrorism and corruption charges, Trump negotiated a 65-billion-barrel oil reserve pact with the new interim government. right?“ Trump told supporters in Corpus Christi, Texas, touting an initial shipment of 1 million bar- rels of Venezuelan crude deliv- ered directly to US refineries. At the United Nations, Trump boasted that combining US and Venezuelan reserves gives the al- liance control over ”more than 60% of the oil in the world.“ The Venezuelan takeover has left communist Cuba on its knees. Starved of Havana’s lifeline of subsidized Venezuelan oil, the re- gime is buckling under intensi- fied US sanctions. Trump said the communist regime 90 miles (about 145 kilometers) off Florida’s coast will fall before he departs the Oval Office. Andrew Leonard, senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Re- sponsible Statecraft, noted that the White House is treating re- gional neighbors ”not just as lower neighbors, but as active participants in security.“ ”After years of neglect, Presi- dent Trump established the “Don- roe Doctrine” to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere,“ added White House National Security Council spokeswoman Anna Kelly. The White House has also moved aggressively to lock down natural resources and muscle out adversaries. ”When Maduro was running Venezuela, Iranian Quds Force agents had an active military presence,“ the senior official said. That’s long gone. We kicked all of them out. Latin America has ”To the victor belong the spoils, pretty much all of the natural re- sources we need to be economi- cally independent from China.“ Bilateral trade deals followed with El Salvador, Guatemala, Ec- uador, and Argentina, with Bue- nos Aires granting the US critical access to lithium and rare earth minerals. El Salvador‘s Nayib Bukele also partnered with the MAP QUEST: Presi dent Trump has put his stamp on the Western Hemisphere during his second term, forging a de- fense deal with Greenland after threatening to annex it, taking control of the Panama Canal, toppling Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Mad- uro and forming se- curity and trade all- ances with countries in the Americas. ported gang members in the na tion’s mega-prisons. Trump’s team applied similar ”We built that thing. Americans I died for that thing,“ the official said. ”Under previous adminis trations, we basically let China control it. Trump said, ‘No, we’re muscle to the Panama Canal State Department to house de- putting more of a military pres
THE DONROE DOCTRINE PANAMA CANAL: Chinese no longer exerting influence VENEZUELA: Strongman Nicolás Maduro under arrest . Wednesday, November 4, 2026 nypost.com OUR LAND 51ST STATE CANADA EXICO GULF OF Atlantic Ocean AMERICA PANA- MAGARANASA ence down there. The Chinese company was kicked out.“ Kelly noted that Trump’s ac- tions have restored regional sta- bility: ”Our southern border is se- Cure, Latin American countries are working with us to defeat the CANAL York,“ she said. Insiders say the Donroe Doc- the ”scourge of communist trine is ex ideology through Trump’s decision to dismantle the the electoral process, aided by US Agency for International De UNITING STATES OF AMERICAS Conservative and center-right leaders have notched election vic- tories in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Co- with Washington. Mexico is cooperating with the US on curbing drugs and illegal immigration, but also has ongo- lombia, Abelardo de la Espring tariff controversies with the Trump ally ella-dubbed “El Tigre”-took the presidency. They join Argen- tine President Javier Milei and El Salvador‘s Bukele in a pro-US re- gional bloc. Still, challenges remain. Leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won re- election in Brazil, sending Trump-aligned challenger Flávio Bolsonaro fleeing to Miami. In Canada, liberal Prime Minis- Foes still a threat While Rubio has vowed the US will no longer allow the Western Hemisphere to be a base of oper- ations for rivals, Russia still main- tains military and intelligence ties with Cuba and Nicaragua, while China has invested heavily in ports and infrastructure in Ja- Meanwhile, Trump’s focus on the Americas comes as the US and Israel started a war against Iran in February. White House insiders dismiss concerns that Middle Eastern operations will distract from the home front. “That’s a temporary sort of con- flict,” the senior official insisted. “We ran the entire Venezuela project while Iran was ongoing, and we’re tackling Cuba. We’ve stayed full steam ahead in the Western Hemisphere.” Trump has made that clear, too, quipping that US forces returning from the Middle East might just cartels, and illegitimate dictator velopment (USAID), which con- ter Mark Carney held off an Al- maica, the Bahamas and Guyana, “stop by” Cuba on their way Nicolás Maduro is facing just in the Southern District of servatives accused of bankrolling leftist agendas. berta secession push and remains locked in a bitter trade dispute alongside suspected intelligence operations in Cuba. home. jchristenson@nypost.com
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