Bloomberg Worries Over Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine,' Ignores Actual US Imperialism
Bloomberg Politics frets about Donald Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' for Greenland, citing his alleged rationale for 'decapitating Venezuela’s government.' The piece suggests Europe should be alarmed by this new, sudden American expansionism. Yet, the mainstream media consistently ignores the long, bloody history of US interventionism that predates Trump by generations, from coups in Chile to invasions
in Iraq, all under various doctrines of 'national security.' This isn't a new Trump invention; it's a rebrand of a very old problem, now inconveniently impacting 'allies.' One might wonder where 'European concern' was when the US was destabilizing dozens of nations across Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. Was Latin America's sovereignty less valuable? Or perhaps, as long as it wasn't a
'first-world' problem, it didn't warrant Bloomberg's alarm bells. The only thing genuinely new is the possibility that Washington's relentless pursuit of 'security interests' might finally hit closer to home for the continent that typically benefits from it.