Trump Escalates Foreign Policy Pressure Abroad
US President Donald Trump’s second term is increasingly defined by an assertive and confrontational foreign policy, marked by direct warnings to governments across the Americas and beyond. The most dramatic signal came with a US operation in Venezuela, where Trump ordered the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a high-risk overnight raid on their Caracas residence. In presenting the move, Trump invoked the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, recasting it as the “Donroe Doctrine” to underline what he described as Washington’s renewed determination to enforce US dominance in the Western Hemisphere. Since then, the White House has issued a series of pointed messages to other countries viewed as falling within America’s strategic sphere of influence. One of the most striking targets has been Greenland. Although the US already operates the Pituffik Space Base on the island, Trump has openly […]