South America = Puerto Rico

The post that’s far more concerning than what Stephen Miller’s wife made is the one by Donald Trump’s office rapid response account showing a drawing of Trump holding a club that says “DONROE Doctrine” while he’s stomping on the Western Hemisphere. pic.twitter.com/DIpcubfhOj

— Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) January 5, 2026

The Monroe Doctrine was formulated to keep European powers out of the American hemisphere so governments could develop there without interference.

TR added a “corollary” in 1905 to justify interference by America alone. Of course, it allowed us to do what we wanted, through the rest of the 20th century, and now into the 21st.

And no, there is nothing new under the sun. Except the irony that this original was a critique, not a poster for hemispheric hegemony.