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Photograph of the front page of the New York Post, Metro Edition, dated Wednesday, November 4, 2026. The main image is a man in a red "USA" baseball cap, navy suit, white shirt, red tie and a small American flag lapel pin, with both fists raised at his sides and his lips pursed. The giant headline is split around his cap and head so it reads "HOW THE WEST WAS DON", a play on "won" with "Don". A small inset box on the right gives a summary and points to pages 4-5. A caption runs along the bottom. The top has the flag graphic, the masthead, a subscribe box and the price. The page asserts that Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" is succeeding in strengthening US influence over the Western Hemisphere.

Text in image: SUBSCRIBE TODAY NYPOST.COM/HD 1-800-552-7678 NEW YORK POST WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2026 / Mostly cloudy, 72° / Weather: P. 67 METRO EDITION nypost.com $3.00 HOW THE WEST WAS DON From Greenland to Venezuela, President Trump's plan to strengthen US influence over the Western Hemisphere has led to new agreements and new governments, while cutting into the flow of illegal migrants and drugs. PAGES 4-5 Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' is paying dividends, with US grip solidified over Western Hemisphere AP

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Photograph of a printed newspaper page (New York Post, page 4, Wednesday, November 4, 2026) under the header "THE DONROE DOCTRINE". Two red-banner photos sit across the top. The left is a snowy harbor town with small boats on icy water, captioned "GREENLAND: New security arrangement". The right is a crowd waving Cuban flags, captioned "CUBA: Communist regime under pressure". Below them is the headline "How Trump has built hemisphere of influence" by Josh Christenson. To the right is a large photo of an older man with light blond/white hair, a navy suit, a white shirt and a red tie, with a small lapel pin. He looks slightly off-camera with a faint smile. The caption beside it begins "MAP QUEST". The article text is in three columns. It says Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" has solidified US influence over most of the Western Hemisphere. It mentions the Greenland defense pact, the Panama Canal, the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in January 2026, pressure on Cuba, and bilateral deals with several Latin American countries. The photo credits read "AFP via Getty Images", "Xinhua via Getty Images" and "New York Post".

Text in image: New York Post, Wednesday, November 4, 2026 nypost.com 4 THE DONROE DOCTRINE GREENLAND: New security arrangement CUBA: Communist regime under pressure AFP via Getty Images Xinhua via Getty Images How Trump has built hemisphere of influence By JOSH CHRISTENSON MAP QUEST: President Trump has put his stamp on the Western Hemisphere during his second term, forging a defense deal with Greenland after threatening to annex it, taking control of the Panama Canal, toppling Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and forming security and trade alliances with countries in the Americas. New York Post President Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" has solidified the US grip over almost two-thirds of the Western Hemisphere, cutting deals with pro-America governments, targeting drug cartels, and booting Chinese influence, officials and experts say. Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have prioritized as many as 20 nations across the Americas to curb threats, secure supply chains, and stop the flow of illicit drugs and migration, according to a senior administration official. "The president first and foremost is a dealmaker, but he doesn't put up with freeloading," the senior official told The Post. "China's on the back foot. For the first time, they're forced to compete fairly and grapple with the fact that this is our hemisphere." The Post coined the term "Donroe Doctrine" in a Jan. 8, 2025, front-page article on Trump's bold efforts to acquire Greenland, wrest back control of the Panama Canal and even troll Canada as a future "51st state" to the US. While Trump didn't annex Greenland, the pressure campaign extracted a defense pact granting the US military access to two strategic Arctic bases. Panama also pulled out of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative to align with Washington, a move Rubio hailed as vital for an open, secure canal. The administration further conditioned foreign aid away from progressive initiatives, paving the way for conservative candidates to snag a half dozen regional elections, Trump allies claim. "The world is one big chessboard right now," said Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. "The administration sees China as the number one adversary and is positioning the United States for a fierce competition over the coming decades." Caracas the key The White House has hammered cartels through strict border controls, spiritual military strikes on maritime smuggling vessels, and the 15-nation Shield of the Americas defense coalition alongside El Salvador, Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, and Panama. Another four nations — Bahamas, Belize, Guatemala, and Jamaica — signed onto the broader Counter Cartel Coalition. Yet the crown jewel of Trump's doctrine remains Caracas. In January 2026, US military forces stormed the Venezuelan capital, capturing socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, toppling his regime in hours. With Maduro locked in a federal jail cell in Brooklyn awaiting trial on narcoterrorism and corruption charges, Trump negotiated a 65-billion-barrel oil reserve pact with the new interim government. "To the victor belong the spoils, right?" Trump told supporters in Corpus Christi, Texas, touting an initial shipment of 1 million barrels of Venezuelan crude delivered directly to US refineries. At the United Nations, Trump boasted that combining US and Venezuelan reserves gives the alliance control over "more than 60% of the oil in the world." The Venezuelan takeover has left communist Cuba on its knees. Starved of Havana's lifeline of subsidized Venezuelan oil, the regime is buckling under intensified US sanctions. Trump said the communist regime 90 miles off Florida's coast will fall before he departs the Oval Office. Andrew Leonard, senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, noted that the White House is treating regional neighbors "not just as lower neighbors, but as active participants in security." "After years of neglect, President Trump established the 'Donroe Doctrine' to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere," added White House National Security Council spokeswoman Anna Kelly. The White House has also moved aggressively to lock down natural resources and muscle out adversaries. "When Maduro was running Venezuela, Iranian Quds Force agents had an active military presence," the senior official said. "That's long gone. We kicked all of them out. Latin America has pretty much all of the natural resources we need to be economically independent from China." Bilateral trade deals followed with El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Argentina, with Buenos Aires granting the US critical access to lithium and rare earth minerals. El Salvador's Nayib Bukele also partnered with the State Department to house deported gang members in the nation's mega-prisons. Trump's team applied similar muscle to the Panama Canal. "We built that thing, Americans died for that thing," the official said. "Under previous administrations, we basically let China control it. Trump said, 'No, we're putting more of a military pres-

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A photographed newspaper page (New York Post, page 5, Wednesday, November 4, 2026) under the heading "THE DONROE DOCTRINE". Across the top are two photos with red banner captions: on the left, a large container ship passing through a canal lock with a tugboat beside it (Panama Canal); on the right, five men in tactical/law enforcement gear walking a handcuffed man in a tan jacket across what looks like a tarmac (Venezuela). Below is a large black headline, "UNITING STATES OF AMERICAS". On the left is an illustration of a hand in a suit sleeve holding a pointer at a map of North America, with red marker edits: Greenland crossed out and replaced with "OUR LAND", Canada crossed out and replaced with "51ST STATE", "Gulf of Mexico" crossed out and replaced with "GULF OF AMERICA", and "Panama Canal" crossed out and replaced with "PANA-MAGA CANAL". Three columns of article text and a "Foes still a threat" subhead sit below the headline. The text covers regional election wins by conservative and center-right leaders, Russia and China's ties to Cuba and Nicaragua, and US operations against Venezuela, Cuba and Iran.

Text in image: THE DONROE DOCTRINE 5 New York Post, Wednesday, November 4, 2026 nypost.com PANAMA CANAL: Chinese no longer exerting influence VENEZUELA: Strongman Nicolás Maduro under arrest dpa via ZUMA Press Star Max/GC Images UNITING STATES OF AMERICAS OUR LAND GREENLAND (crossed out) 51ST STATE CANADA (crossed out) U.S.A. Atlantic Ocean GULF OF MEXICO (Mexico crossed out) AMERICA PANA-MAGA PANAMA (crossed out) CANAL ence down there.' The Chinese company was kicked out." Kelly noted that Trump's actions have restored regional stability: "Our southern border is secure, Latin American countries are working with us to defeat the communist cartels, and illegitimate dictator Nicolás Maduro is facing justice in the Southern District of New York," she said. Insiders say the Donroe Doctrine is excising the "scourge of communist ideology" through the electoral process, aided by Trump's decision to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which conservatives accused of bankrolling leftist agendas. Conservative and center-right leaders have notched election victories in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Colombia, where Miami native and Trump ally Abelardo de la Espriella — dubbed "El Tigre" — took the presidency. They join Argentine President Javier Milei and El Salvador's Bukele in a pro-US regional bloc. Still, challenges remain. Leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won re-election in Brazil, sending Trump-aligned challenger Flávio Bolsonaro fleeing to Miami. In Canada, liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney held off an Alberta secession push and remains locked in a bitter trade dispute with Washington. Mexico is cooperating with the US on curbing drugs and illegal immigration, but also has ongoing tariff controversies with the US. Foes still a threat While Rubio has vowed the US will no longer allow the Western Hemisphere to be a base of operations for rivals, Russia still maintains military and intelligence ties with Cuba and Nicaragua, while China has invested heavily in ports and infrastructure in Jamaica, the Bahamas and Guyana, alongside suspected intelligence operations in Cuba. Meanwhile, Trump's focus on the Americas comes as the US and Israel started a war against Iran in February. White House insiders dismiss concerns that Middle East operations will distract from the home front. "That's a temporary sort of conflict," the senior official insisted. "We ran the entire Venezuela project while Iran was ongoing, and we're tackling Cuba. We've stayed full steam ahead in the Western Hemisphere." Trump has made that clear, too, quipping that US forces returning from the Middle East might just "stop by" Cuba on their way home. jchristenson@nypost.com

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