Trump Foreign Policy and Donroe Doctrine

At the St. Kitts CARICOM summit, Sen. Marco Rubio defended the U.S. ouster of Nicolás Maduro, telling leaders—via a State Department transcript—that "Venezuela is better off today than it was eight weeks ago" and that he has "no apology" for the operation, which he linked to an effective U.S. takeover of Venezuela’s oil sector and "substantial" improvements under interim authorities. Framing the administration’s Western Hemisphere policy as a 21st‑century "Donroe Doctrine," Rubio sought to soften its image while emphasizing shared security and energy interests and acknowledging that transnational criminal groups in the Caribbean are buying weapons from the U.S., which Washington says it is working to curb.