Wait, WHAT?! Trump Just Renamed the Monroe Doctrine the 'Donroe Doctrine' After a Venezuela Raid?!

WTF Just Happened

Okay, so, picture this: President Donald Trump just held a press conference, right? And he's talking about a U.S. military operation that apparently just seized Nicolás Maduro and his wife in Caracas, Venezuela. Like, overnight! And then, as if that wasn't wild enough, he starts talking about this 200-year-old foreign policy thing called the Monroe Doctrine. But get this: he's not just talking about it, he's renamed it! He's calling it the "Donroe Doctrine." Is this real life? What in the actual hell?

Wait, HOW Did This Happen?

So, apparently, the U.S. military went into Venezuela and nabbed Maduro. And President Trump is out here justifying it by saying Venezuela was "hosting foreign adversaries" and "acquiring offensive weapons." He also accused them of seizing and selling American oil assets. He claims all this was in "gross violation of the core principles of American foreign policy" dating back centuries. And that’s where the Monroe Doctrine comes in.

But wait, wasn't the Monroe Doctrine, like, declared "over" by former Secretary of State John Kerry a decade ago? Under Obama? We all thought that was history! Yet, here we are, with Trump not only embracing it but saying we've

"superseded it by a lot, by a real lot."

He’s saying this centuries-old policy is still a thing, but even more intense now! How did we get here?!

Are We Serious Right Now?

Okay, no, but actually HOW?!

• First, the name change. The "Donroe Doctrine"? Seriously? What about "Trump Corollary", which he's also used? It just makes it sound like a bad fan-fiction sequel to history.
• We're talking about a doctrine from 1823, people! This thing literally started because America didn't want Europe messing with the Americas. Now, we're the ones "exercising international police power"?
• And the idea that we've "superseded" it – what does that even mean? Are we beyond intervention now, or is it intervention on steroids? The level of confidence in this rebranding is just… baffling.

"We sort of forgot about it," Trump said of the Monroe Doctrine. "It was very important, but we forgot about it. We don't forget about it anymore."

I cannot.

So… What Happens Now?

Well, if we're to believe the "Donroe Doctrine" is the new standard, we can probably expect more of this kind of action. Other countries in Central and South America are probably freaking out right now, wondering if they're next on the "superseded" list. Will we see more U.S. military operations in the region, justified by alleged "foreign adversaries" or "offensive weapons" that we get to define?

People are watching to see what other long-abandoned foreign policy ideas get dusted off, renamed, and then weaponized. The Cold War years already saw plenty of U.S. actions justified by the Monroe Doctrine's spirit. Will we spiral even further into that kind of aggressive posture? It feels like we're rewinding history, but with a new, confusing title. The disbelief is strong with this one.