"U.S. President Donald Trump and top administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, characterized Saturday's assault on Venezuela and abduction of the country's president as a warning shot in the direction of Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, and other Latin American nations. During a Saturday press conference, Trump openly invoked the Monroe Doctrine - an assertion of U.S. dominance of the Western Hemisphere - and said his campaign of aggression against Venezuela represented the "Donroe Doctrine" in action."
"In his unwieldy remarks, Trump called out Colombian President Gustavo Petro by name, accusing him without evidence of "making cocaine and sending it to the United States." "So he does have to watch his ass," the U.S. president said of Petro, who condemned the Trump administration's Saturday attack on Venezuela as "aggression against the sovereignty of Venezuela and Latin America." Petro responded defiantly to the possibility of the U.S. targeting him, writing on social media that he is "not worried at all.""
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio framed the assault on Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro as a warning to Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, and other Latin American nations. Trump invoked the Monroe Doctrine and labeled the campaign a "Donroe Doctrine" asserting U.S. hemispheric dominance. Trump accused Colombian President Gustavo Petro of "making cocaine and sending it to the United States" without evidence and warned that Petro must "watch his ass." Petro condemned the assault as aggression against Venezuelan and Latin American sovereignty and said he was "not worried at all." Trump also warned that "something's going to have to be done with Mexico." The administration's National Security Strategy signals a return to more outwardly interventionist policies.
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