The New Monroe Doctrine: Trump’s Hemisphere ‘Takeover’ Starts, What It Really Means for America First

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Imagine you’re back in 1823. The War of 1812 remains a vivid memory. Europe’s great powers are seeking to regain influence across the globe. In that year, President James Monroe addressed Congress and articulated a simple principle: no European monarch should attempt to recolonize or dominate the nations of the Americas. Europe stay out, and

Trump says “we’re going to run” Venezuela until peaceful transition takes place

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Washington — President Trump said Saturday the U.S. would “run the country” of Venezuela “until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition” after President Nicolás Maduro was captured in an overnight military operation.  Mr. Trump said in remarks from Mar-a-Lago that the U.S. carried out an “assault like people have not seen

Maduro Captured: Trump’s America First Just Took Down a Narco-State and Sent Beijing a Message

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Today marks one of the most decisive, bold, and strategically necessary actions in modern American history, the successful capture of Nicolás Maduro, the fugitive indicted in the U.S. since 2020 on narco-terrorism and drug trafficking charges, in a high-precision U.S. military operation. These latest actions are rooted in law enforcement that hits the core threats

Trump Says US Will Run Venezuela Until Transition

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US President Donald Trump, alongside (L/R), CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2025. President Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas