January 6, 2026

Trump moves to dominate Western Hemisphere

The Hill - President Trump is signaling the U.S. plans to be much more aggressive spreading its influence in the western half of the world following the operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

The president's foreign policy focus in the Western Hemisphere has been almost exclusively on Venezuela for months as he faced off with Maduro and oversaw dozens of strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and East Pacific.

But the administration has quickly shown in the days since Maduro’s arrest that it's eyeing changes beyond just one country, with Trump repeatedly targeting Cuba, Columbia and Mexico, railing against the  communist regime in the first and drug cartels operating in the latter two.

“This is our hemisphere,” the State Department said in a poster shared Monday on the social platform X.  

 The Hill: Trump signals U.S. power flex.

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