Source: The American Conservative
by Leon Hadar
“The Trump administration’s apparent pivot toward the Western Hemisphere — most vividly displayed in the massive military buildup and maritime strikes around Latin America — represents a rare moment of strategic clarity in contemporary U.S. foreign policy, even if the specific bellicose actions getting attention are misguided. Whether intentional or not, this reorientation aligns with basic geopolitical logic that should have guided U.S. policy all along. The Western Hemisphere, after all, is where America’s genuine strategic interests lie. This isn’t jingoism or imperial nostalgia — it’s simple geography and economics.” [editor’s note: The simple geography extends to a brownstone in New York and a private island; the economics to their wealthy owner; both those things, added to Donald Trump’s desire to distract from his long, close, personal relationship with that owner, the late Jeffrey Epstein, they explain the entire theatrical production – TLK] (10/27/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trumps-pivot-to-the-americas/