The Trump administration has been doing what centuries of US ruling elites have carefully avoided by dropping pretences of being a colonial power. In a five-minute video posted by the State Department, narrated by U.S. Ambassador to Panama Kevin Marino Cabrera, the U.S. government openly celebrates its “dominance” over the Western Hemisphere and adds that it “will never be questioned again.” The Monroe Doctrine has shaped U.S. foreign policy for over two centuries. American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again. pic.twitter.com/hsoGS17gqV — Department of State (@StateDept) August 11, 2026 It concludes: Over two centuries, Monroe’s declaration had…