Since then, Trump and the White House have framed the operation as part of restoring stability in the Western Hemisphere and reviving the Monroe Doctrine, a theme in Trump’s 2025 national security strategy, which asserts that the U.S. has a right to be the dominant influencer in its part of the globe. Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a MAGA favorite, said the president’s supporters should see recent actions as “a reinvigoration of the Monroe Doctrine.” He added in a text exchange with NBC News that he is not concerned that a conflict will metastasize, writing: “I trust Trump to keep us out of a forever war there.” It helped, the operative said, that after Trump said at a Saturday news conference that the U.S. “would run” Venezuela, the president clarified in an interview with the New York Post that he was not planning to put troops on the ground if Venezuela’s interim leader Delcy Rodriguez cooperated.
Author: Katherine Doyle, Jonathan Allen
Published at: 2026-01-07 23:05:54
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