Meaning of Donroe Doctrine | Babel Free

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The Monroe Doctrine as implemented by president Donald Trump.

US, informal

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“Trump has mused about Canada becoming the 51st state of the US and also announced that the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed the “Gulf of America”. ¶ The New York Post dubbed his bombastic assertions the “Donroe Doctrine” — after the 19th-century project to assert US control over the western hemisphere named after President James Monroe.”

“Many observers have begun calling the new U.S. approach “the Donroe Doctrine” — a term that appeared on a January cover of The New York Post — a Trumpian twist on a 19th-century idea.”

“Right. And so now he's got the region on it on its toes. And also, if you think about what he's talking about, the Donroe Doctrine going back using the Donroe Doctrine. And I've – I actually have always believed that America has ignored our own hemisphere for too long.”

“Trump has said he believes that the United States needs to maintain control over the Western Hemisphere, invoking his own version of the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine, which rejected European colonialism in the hemisphere. He calls his approach the “Donroe Doctrine.””

“With Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” for the Americas in effect, that raises an important question: Does the White House have enough leverage to force the Chinese to give ground?”

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