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Albert Koehler: A Revived Monroe Doctrine and BC’s Economic Future
The policy aims to restore U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere, securing Venezuelan oil and deterring foreign powers, according to the 2025 national security strategy.
- The Trump administration formalised a new national security strategy that rebrands the Trump Corollary as the Donroe Doctrine, aiming to restore American pre-eminence in the Western Hemisphere.
- Historically, the approach draws from James Monroe's 1823 doctrine warning European colonisation, echoes Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 Corollary on US police power, and departs from Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 Good Neighbour Policy.
- In practice, U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro, Mr Trump declared U.S. control, and officials announced turning over 30 to 50 million barrels of oil with Energy Secretary Chris Wright saying control is indefinite.
- President Donald Trump linked the doctrine to curbing migration and securing Venezuela's oil, confirmed Tuesday that ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and Paul Singer would be reimbursed by U.S. taxpayers.
- Strategically, the document warns external powers against hostile incursions, hints at targeting Colombia, Greenland and Mexico, and drew criticism from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for bypassing Congress.
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If the situation in Venezuela worsens, the question is what will happen to the Venezuelans that Trump delegalized here in the United States
Why Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Is So Dangerous
Venezuela is just the beginning of the threat posed by Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine,’ a distorted rebranding of the Monroe Doctrine. The ‘Trump Corollary’ has horrible implications even outside the Western Hemisphere. Here’s why it’s so dangerous.
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