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The ‘Donroe Doctrine’
Europe’s Radical Wake-Up Call
Having abducted the Venezuelan President, and threatening to take Greenland, America is now the most explicit threat to Nato and the EU. What will the continent do? By Simon Nixon
Photo: BJ Warnick/CNP/Admedia/Newscom/Alamy
In the space of a few days at the start of the year, Donald Trump blew up what remained of the post-war international order.
Just as his ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs announced last April marked the end of the economic world as we knew it, his decision to launch a military strike on Venezuela and kidnap President Nicolás Maduro was the geopolitical equivalent.
He has since threatened further military action against Greenland, Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, and Iran.
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