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Trump Declares ‘Our Hemisphere’: Monroe Doctrine Gets 21st-Century Makeover

Trump announces a new corollary asserting U.S. control over the Western Hemisphere to counter China's expanding influence in Latin America and the Caribbean.

  • On December 2, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation marking the Monroe Doctrine anniversary, promising a new `Trump Corollary` to control the Western Hemisphere's destiny.
  • The Trump administration unveiled a new National Security Strategy Thursday stressing a greater emphasis on the Western Hemisphere to counter the People's Republic of China's growing influence in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Washington has been flooding the region with maritime assets and striking vessels it says ferry drugs, while the NSS calls for increased support for countries resisting Chinese pressure and recognizing Taiwan.
  • Michael Rubin, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, warns that pulling back globally would hand Europe to Russia, the Persian Gulf to Iran, and risk withdrawing carrier strike groups, allowing rivals to fill strategic vacuums.
  • Beyond the Americas, the National Security Strategy warns of "civilizational erasure" in Europe, limits NATO expansion, and prioritizes deterring conflict over Taiwan and aggression within the First Island Chain.
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Last Tuesday, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation, the most solemn form of official statements, to confirm the validity of the “ Monroe doctrine” and to add a new “Trump choir.” Monroe doctrine was, in 1823, the affirmation of the sovereignty of the United States over its own territory and the purpose of defending the hemisphere as well. It was issued at a time when the independence of the Spanish empire was not yet consolidated in the …

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The U.S. has published its new National Security Strategy, which focuses on the withdrawal into the Western Hemisphere and on the American double continent. Everything outside is secondary to Washington. Germany is now even seen as a security threat to Washington. Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. is actually returning to the 19th century Monroe doctrine. The U.S. is claiming its backyard territory exclusively in its new National Security S…

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Folha de S.Paulo broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Friday, December 5, 2025.
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