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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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From: bustersmith12/14/2025 8:44:42 AM
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The Crude Imperialism of the ‘Trump Corollary’

Instead of acting as a sort of regional policeman, it is more accurate to say that Trump has made the U.S. into the regional brigand.

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The “Trump Corollary” is in some respects even worse than its predecessor. Roosevelt was asserting an interventionist role for the U.S., but it was not as explicitly rapacious as Trump’s version. Roosevelt described his policy as something that the U.S. would do only in extreme cases. Trump is going out of his way to make the U.S. a predatory rogue state and outlaw just because he can.

Instead of acting as a sort of regional policeman, it is more accurate to say that Trump has made the U.S. into the regional brigand. As the regional brigand, he will threaten to seize territory (Panama), he will murder (boat attacks in the Caribbean and the Pacific), and he will threaten to topple governments that he doesn’t like (Venezuela). He will also threaten to launch attacks on the territory of any other country in the region as he sees fit. Propagandists can try to dress this up as something else, but it is simply naked domination for its own sake.

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The Crude Imperialism of the 'Trump Corollary'
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