(NewsNation) — Venezuela’s takeover could signal just the beginning for the Trump administration, as President Donald Trump is floating action in Cuba, Colombia and Mexico.
Affirming the president’s statements, the U.S. Department of State took to social media, writing: “This is OUR Hemisphere, and President Trump will not allow our security to be threatened.”
During a briefing, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the U.S. has changed its posture in the Western Hemisphere, stating that the country will not take any actions that create instability and putting an emphasis on how they want to spend more on resources going towards the Hemisphere instead of Europe to ensure stability and security in the U.S.
On Sunday, Trump talked at length about Cuba and Colombia and alleged the country’s president, Gustavo Preto, supplies illegal drugs to the U.S. He also spoke about Mexico, saying the country needs to “get its act together.”
He added Greenland must also be under U.S. rule from a “national security standpoint.”
Some of the leaders of the countries Trump has mentioned have pushed back against his statements, Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum saying the country is willing to work with the U.S., and Preto has delivered fiery rhetoric in response to the allegations, telling the president to “come and get me.”
Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has said any U.S. actions to take Greenland would be “the end of NATO.”