Trump Declares 'Monroe Doctrine' on Mexico, Citing 'Cartel Control'
After seizing Venezuela's President Maduro, Trump now warns Mexico could be next, claiming President Sheinbaum is 'not running her country' and cartels are in control. This 'stunning' move, per Axios, follows Trump's 'own version' of the Monroe Doctrine, implying a fresh, bold approach. Yet, the U.S. has a rich, bloody history of regime change in Latin America, from Chile's Salvador Allende (1973)
to Guatemala's Jacobo Árbenz (1954), often under the guise of protecting 'stability' or 'democracy,' or now, battling cartels. Mexico condemned the Venezuela intervention as a threat to regional peace. One might find it quaint that sovereign nations prefer 'mutual respect' over 'use and threat of force' — an amusing contradiction when the U.S. government regularly approves billions in arms sales
while simultaneously lamenting regional instability. It truly makes one wonder if 'America First' isn't just a rebrand of 'Our Interests First, Your Sovereignty Optional.'