
The capture of Nicolas Maduro takes the world into new 'territory'.
Geopolitics is about to get weirder and potentially a lot more dangerous.
The US president has justified the seizure of power from the leader of a sovereign nation, drawing on US foreign policy from the 1830s. He says the US will now lead Venezuela with a future that still remains unpredictable.
What did we learn from Trump's press conference on Venezuela?
One thing that needed to be better understood was the "Monroe Doctrine".
In the 1830s, then-US President James Monroe issued a doctrine that bore his name. It declared that the Americas should be a sphere of influence.
"Stay out of our yard with your colonial ventures," she warned, especially Europeans.
The Monroe Doctrine has been the subject of history books for two centuries, but late last year, it was revived by the White House.
Her new national security strategy referenced the Monroe Doctrine, but added what she called a “Trump Corollary”: The US would not stand idly by, she said, while hostile or criminal neighbors acted and practiced “chronic wrongdoing.”
And now, Donald Trump has presented the capture of Maduro “in the same light.” “We have pretty much replaced it,” he said of the Monroe Doctrine. “Now they call it the ‘Donroe Doctrine.’ American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.”
The beginning of the 19th century may soon be calling for the return of its foreign policy.
How did the American operation take place?
The Donroe Doctrine – "Don" referring to Trump – started with Venezuela, but it may not stop there, writes "skynews".
There are many more hostile or criminal neighbors that Trump could pursue, such as: the cartels of Mexico, the corrupt and failed regime in Cuba, the cocaine labs in Colombia.
And Trump may consider all of them as an operation that must be carried out.
But who he might follow after the action in Venezuela remains to be seen.