America for the Americans” became the motto of the USA against the European powers in 1823. Today, the phrase takes on a new meaning for Trump.

In a triumphant news conference following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in the middle of the night last week, President Donald Trump invoked what he called the "Donroe Doctrine" -- his vision of a U.S. superpower that could assert its military might to conquer the Western Hemisphere.

The Monroe Doctrine underpins US opposition to external influence in the Western Hemisphere, a principle that still shapes American foreign policy today. Its legacy is being cited in the context of US action involving Nicolás Maduro and Venezuela.

President Trump signaled the Monroe Doctrine’s return from the start of his second term. A volatile mix of geopolitical, hemispheric and local politics was in play. The world’s largest reserves of “Texas Tea” turned the wandering Eye of Sauron in Washington on the birthplace of the Bolivarian Revolution.

President Trump's pressure campaign against Venezuela is the latest in a long saga of U.S. intervention in the region that is rooted in the 1823 Monroe Doctrine — and is a mix of success and failure.