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Diraven

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1. Sounds like the new Monroe Doctrine

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 06:30 PM

Mar 8

Basically the US agrees that they will "protect" countries in the entire western hemisphere, as long as they do what Trump says, agree that he's absolute emperor of this half of the world, and pay him protection money.

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Sounds like the new Monroe Doctrine Diraven Mar 8 #1

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