Trump misreads the Monroe Doctrine; the hemisphere needs solidarity, not domination

Ted Widmer argues that Trump’s Donroe Doctrine distorts the Monroe Doctrine, which was meant to promote pan‑American solidarity and nonintervention, not US domination. By tracing its origins to Adams and Canning and noting its reliance on the British navy, the piece urges a return to cooperative hemispheric diplomacy (à la the Good Neighbor era), while echoing Bad Bunny’s inclusive Super Bowl message.