President Donald Trump and his administration are reviving the Monroe Doctrine — more than a decade after former President Barack Obama’s Secretary of State John Kerry said the centuries-old policy was dead. The restoration of the Monroe Doctrine, which sought to limit European influence in Latin America and to protect U.S. influence in the region, comes as the Trump administration released its National Security Strategy this month that redirects U.S. attention to the Western Hemisphere in an intentional effort to better prioritize protecting the U.S. homeland amid the Trump administration's c...
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