Trump foreign policy influenced by Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt : NPR
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Key Points:
- President Trump has recently invoked historical U.S. foreign policy concepts such as the Monroe Doctrine, Big Stick policy, and gunboat diplomacy to justify aggressive actions toward Venezuela, Greenland, and Iran.
- The Monroe Doctrine, established in 1823 by President James Monroe, warned European powers against extending influence in the Western Hemisphere and has since been reinterpreted, notably by Theodore Roosevelt, who introduced a more interventionist approach known as the Roosevelt Corollary.
- Roosevelt's Big Stick policy emphasized diplomacy backed by military strength as a last resort, whereas Trump’s approach appears to prioritize military action without prior diplomatic efforts, particularly in Venezuela.
- Woodrow Wilson expanded U.S. interventionism through "gunboat diplomacy," involving military interventions in
