President Donald Trump has dropped some heavy hints that this weekend's military operation in Caracas and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro may be just be the start in a new series of foreign military interventions.
The man who ran on a campaign promise of ending foreign wars but who authorised strikes in seven countries in 2025 now appears eager to unleash the US military whenever necessary to achieve his sweeping geopolitical vision, which includes American hegemony of the Western Hemisphere and limited strikes globally on groups seen as hostile to US interests.
During a news conference after Saturday's raid that ended in the capture of Mr Maduro and his wife, Mr Trump made a reference to the “Don-roe Doctrine”, a play on the 1823 policy of James Monroe, the
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