The leaders are working to ensure the security of the Western Hemisphere.Patriots on the American Continent unite.For years, especially under feeble Joe Biden, the United States ceded influence over Latin America to Russia, China, and Iran, who exerted their newfound power through a network of far-leftist governments articulated through Venezuela, mostly.The socialist group of the ‘São Paulo Forum’ articulated itself to unduly influence political processes and elections throughout the subcontinent, going as far as absurdly taking Brazil’s Lula da Silva out of prison almost directly to the presidential chair.But now, there’s a new sheriff in town: Donald J. Trump.And it’s a savage new leader, as he proved with the spectacular arrest of Nicolas Maduro and the ‘soft-regime change’ in Venezuela.But that, alone, is not enough – so Trump, now, gathered the ever-growing group of rightwing leadersTrump to Shield of Americas coalition: ‘some of you are actually in DANGER’‘We’ll use missiles. You want us to use a missile? They’re extremely accurate’‘Right into the living room and that’s the end of that cartel person’ https://t.co/9jVvu1ggZG pic.twitter.com/GwDVTN0vVh— RT (@RT_com) March 7, 2026Some are well-known conservative heroes, such as Argentina’s Javier Milei and Nayib Bukele from El Salvador – but it’s a burgeoning field:Santiago Peña – Paraguay; Rodrigo Paz Pereira – Bolivia; José Antonio Kast (President-elect) – Chile; Rodrigo Chaves – Costa Rica; Luis Abinader – Dominican Republic; Daniel Noboa – Ecuador; Mohamed Irfaan Ali – Guyana; Nasry “Tito” Asfura – Honduras; José Raúl Mulino – Panama; Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Prime Minister) – Trinidad and Tobago.President Trump just showed Kamala Harris The old border czar how it’s done and what realLeadership looks like! pic.twitter.com/TZugfUkF2B— Karli Bonne’ (@KarluskaP) March 7, 2026During the meeting, Trump defended an idea that was once controversial, but now it’s totally mainstream: he vowed to utilize the US military might to dismantle drug cartels and foreign terrorists operating within the Western Hemisphere.The New York Post reported:“’The only way to defeat these enemies is by unleashing the power of our militaries’, Trump said Saturday. ‘We have to use our military. You have to use your military’, he told representatives from 17 countries.[…] Prior to signing the proclamation at the Shield of Americas summit today in Doral, Florida, Trump lauded that the Coalition is ‘a commitment to using lethal military force to destroy the sinister cartels and terrorist networks,” and hailed the U.S. military’s ‘amazing weaponry’ — and said that Latin American countries only need to identify the location of cartel operatives.”Read more:THE MADURO TAKEDOWN: Who Supports the US, Who Is Against, as the American Continent Is Divided Over Trump’s Reclaiming of the Western Hemisphere/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i