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US–Venezuela crisis – Trump invokes Monroe Doctrine while defending US operation in Venezuela
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to a 19th-century foreign policy principle while addressing media questions about recent US actions in Venezuela, drawing renewed attention to the Monroe Doctrine and its historical significance. Speaking on Saturday, Trump described the reported capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as a modernized extension of the doctrine first articulated in 1823. He characterized the move as an assertion of American authority in the Western Hemis
US–Venezuela crisis – Trump invokes Monroe Doctrine while defending US operation in Venezuela
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to a 19th-century foreign policy principle while addressing media questions about recent US actions in Venezuela, drawing renewed attention to the Monroe Doctrine and its historical significance. Speaking on Saturday, Trump described the reported capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as a modernized extension of the doctrine first articulated in 1823. He characterized the move as an assertion of American authority in the Western Hemis









