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Donroe Doctrine
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English
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Alternative forms
en Don-roe Doctrine
Etymology
en eponyms en Don Monroe Doctrine, in reference to Donald ("Don") Trump. Named after U.S. Presidents en Donald Trump and en James Monroe.
Proper noun
Donroe doctrine 1
en US politics informal The en Monroe Doctrine as implemented by president Donald Trump.
en 2025-01-10 Alex Rogers; Felicia Schwartz; Lucy Fisher; Henry Foy The art of dealing with Donald Trump ft.com w:Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/81dfaf4b-0f5d-43c4-b64c-a99ca4da7cb4 https://web.archive.org/web/20250110201908/https://www.ft.com/content/81dfaf4b-0f5d-43c4-b64c-a99ca4da7cb4 2025-01-10 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. on
en https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/world/americas/trump-latin-america-monroe-doctrine.html The ‘Donroe Doctrine’: Trump’s Bid to Control the Western Hemisphere Jack Nicas 2025-11-17 2026-01-06 The New York Times 1553-8095 1645522 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. on https://web.archive.org/web/20260120043649/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/world/americas/trump-latin-america-monroe-doctrine.html 20 January 2026
en 2025-12-10 The Five Democrats blame Donald Trump after giving Joe Biden a pass on the economy w:Dana Perino Fox news 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.
en Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s w:The Atlantic Michael Scherer on https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/trump-venezuela-maduro-delcy-rodriguez/685497/ January 4, 2026 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.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260921095808/https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/trump-venezuela-maduro-delcy-rodriguez/685497/ 21 September 2026
en Andrew Ross Sorkin;Bernhard Warner;Sarah Kessler;Michael J. de la Merced;Niko Gallogly;Brian O’Keefe;Ian Mount;Grady McGregor Banks Ready Battle Plans to Save Their Credit Card Businesses w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/business/dealbook/banks-credit-cards-trump.html 2026-01-14 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? https://archive.ph/zHqLO 2026-01-14
Usage notes
While coined in 2025, the term was applied by Trump himself to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a 2026 United States strikes in Venezuela January 2026 raid by the United States, and then widely quoted in the press.
See also
Gulf of America
en Donald Trump Nationalism Imperialism