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Donroe Doctrine

Donroe Doctrine proper noun: the Monroe Doctrine as implemented by president Donald Trump.

Proper noun

the Donroe Doctrine

  1. (US, informal) The Monroe Doctrine as implemented by president Donald Trump.
    • Trump has mused about Canada becoming the 51st state of the US and also announced that the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed the “Gulf of America”. ¶ The New York Post dubbed his bombastic assertions the “Donroe Doctrine” — after the 19th-century project to assert US control over the western...[2025 January 10, Alex Rogers, Felicia Schwartz, Lucy Fisher, Henry Foy, “The art of dealing with Donald Trump”, in ft.com, Financial Times, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2025
    • Many observers have begun calling the new U.S. approach “the Donroe Doctrine” — a term that appeared on a January cover of The New York Post — a Trumpian twist on a 19th-century idea.[2025 November 17, Jack Nicas, “The ‘Donroe Doctrine’: Trump’s Bid to Control the Western Hemisphere”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2025

Examples of Donroe Doctrine in a sentence

  • And also, if you think about what he's talking about, the Donroe Doctrine going back using the Donroe Doctrine.2025 December 10, “Democrats blame Donald Trump after giving Joe Biden a pass on the economy”, in The Five, spoken by Dana Perino, via Fox...
  • He calls his approach the “Donroe Doctrine.”[2026 January 4, Michael Scherer, “Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s”, in The Atlantic, archived from...
  • With Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” for the Americas in effect, that raises an important question: Does the White House have enough leverage to force the Chinese to give ground?2026 January 14, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe, Ian Mount...

Forms of Donroe Doctrine

alternative formDon-roe Doctrine

Origin of Donroe Doctrine

Blend of Don + Monroe Doctrine, in reference to Donald ("Don") Trump. Named after U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and James Monroe.

Questions about Donroe Doctrine

What does Donroe Doctrine mean?
Donroe Doctrine means the Monroe Doctrine as implemented by president Donald Trump.
How do you use Donroe Doctrine in a sentence?
And also, if you think about what he's talking about, the Donroe Doctrine going back using the Donroe Doctrine.
What part of speech is Donroe Doctrine?
Donroe Doctrine is a proper noun.

Words near Donroe Doctrine in the dictionary

  1. DonoWalling
  2. DonoWalls
  3. Donowho
  4. donpeacorite
  5. Donroe
  6. Donroe Doctrine
  7. dons
  8. DONSA
  9. DONSAs
  10. donship
  11. donships

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