Drew Thompson
The National Security Strategy released in December 2025 announced that the US will “reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine” to protect the homeland and deny adversaries from using the western hemisphere to threaten the US, describing the new approach as the “Trump Corollary”.
Beijing was caught by surprise on 3 January.
The US military buildup was initially a show of force to intimidate Maduro to stop the flow of narcotics through the country or entice him to step down and leave the country. When incremental escalation and pressure failed to change his behaviour, the Trump administration took action to remove him. Following his capture, Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared: “This is the western hemisphere. This is where we live — and we’re not going to allow the western hemisphere to be a base of operation for adversaries, competitors, and rivals of the United States.”
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