President Donald Trump is strategizing to push back against China’s growing influence in Canada, with a new extension of his ‘Donroe Doctrine’ now reaching beyond Latin America. Steve Bannon, Trump’s former campaign architect, shared with the Daily Mail that Canada is the next focal point. “Canada is poised to become the next Ukraine because of its inability to defend its northern Arctic border, making it vulnerable to Chinese advances,” Bannon stated. He emphasized that Trump intends to take a firm stance on this issue. During Trump’s first term, an Arctic working group was established, enhancing his understanding of Greenland’s strategic significance and drawing attention to Canada’s Arctic vulnerabilities.

Trump’s concerns about China’s Arctic ambitions have been longstanding, especially after China labeled itself as a ‘near-Arctic state’ in 2018, according to former White House officials. Canada’s increasing cooperation with China threatens to disrupt its relations with the United States. This was underscored when Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made a historic visit to China after nearly ten years, referring to President Xi Jinping and China as ‘strategic partners.’ Carney remarked, “The progress we’ve achieved and the partnership positions us well for the new world order,” which alarmed many in the U.S.

Carney also expressed support for Danish and NATO allies over Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland, telling reporters that President Xi found a significant alignment of views regarding the island’s American interests. These developments have certainly caught the attention of the Trump administration, as the president remains deeply skeptical of foreign activities in the Western Hemisphere. Trump’s renewed interest in Greenland is largely driven by a desire to prevent Russian and Chinese encroachment in this strategically vital area. Following the remarkable operations in Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of dictator Nicolas Maduro, Trump’s commitment to the principles of the Monroe Doctrine is being taken seriously on the global stage.

‘The Monroe Doctrine is a big deal, but we’ve superseded it by a lot, by a real lot. They now call it the Donroe doctrine,’ the president said to reporters in the press conference after the mission was completed. The 200-year-old Monroe doctrine was expressed by President James Monroe together with his Secretary of War John C. Calhoun and his Secretary of State John Quincy Adams who worked to reaffirm America’s position in the Western hemisphere. ‘It was very important, but we forgot about it. We don’t forget about it anymore,’ Trump told reporters after the mission in Venezuela. ‘Under our new national security strategy, American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.’ The ‘Donroe Doctrine’ extends that ideal to jealously defend the entire Western hemisphere from against the encroaching influence from Russia and China.

During his press conference Trump even articulated the ‘Trump Corollary’ of the Monroe Doctrine, putting himself in a same category of Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote his own corollary in 1905 that emphasized the importance of United States preserving order in the Western hemisphere. Although some foreign policy experts were surprised to see the president refer to the historic roots for his vision, some recognized the rhetoric outlined in the White House National Security Strategy that was published in November The 33-page document details the ‘Trump corollary’ as a common-sense decision to deny ‘non-Hemispheric competitors the ability to position forces or other threatening abilities’ in the same hemisphere as the United States.

The text outlines the president’s expectation for leaders in the Western hemisphere to view the United States as their first partner, but subtly noted that ‘we will (through various means) discourage their collaboration with others. The Venezuela mission gave the world a first look at the ‘various means’ the United States is willing to deploy to get a more favorable climate for American interests. China has also invested heavily into Latin America including energy companies in Brazil and Chile. Under the direction of Donald Trump, the United States continues to restrict oil exports from Venezuela – the majority of which was purchased by China. While Rosevelt famously proclaimed he would ‘tread softly and carry a big stick,’ Trump almost has an opposite approach.

‘Trump’s kind of more like float like a butterfly, sting like a bee,’ said Clint Brown, an investor at Harpoon Ventures and former director of the Senate Steering Committee. ‘You’re going to see me and when you cross me, I’m going to sting you real quick.’ Experts noted that the document reflected the work of Michael Anton, the state department’s former director of policy planning staff and Arthur Milikh Principal Deputy Director at the State Department, as well as White House Senior Policy Advisor Kara Frederick. Others recognized the rhetoric of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.

‘Miller’s been with the president since the very beginning, I think that counts for a lot in terms of loyalty and proximity,’ James Wallner, a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation. Wallner, a former legislative director for Sen. Jeff Sessions, worked with Stephen Miller on Capitol Hill. While Miller had long-held foreign policy views, he explained, some of Trump’s positions were unique and have been formative to his entire administration. Trump has assumed Reagan’s motto of ‘Peace Through Strength,’ together with an aggressive use of the swift lethal power of the American military and other means to enact his vision for the Western Hemisphere.

‘Trump is very much his own president, he’s also a larger than life force with his own goals,’ Wallner said. Trump’s vision of the Western hemisphere has earned him wide praise from Republicans in the Senate, who welcome his focus on American interests in foreign policy. ‘With the ‘Donroe Doctrine,’ President Trump is reviving a principle that has been foundational to America’s foreign policy for nearly our entire history, except for the last 30 years: the United States has both the right and the duty to secure our own hemisphere,’ Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri told the Daily Mail. ‘Under President Trump, America is acting like the superpower we are—no longer apologizing for enforcing policies that make our country safer, stronger, and more prosperous.’