With Venezuela subjugated, Iran bombed, and Cuba squarely in his sights, Donald Trump has declared himself the sheriff of the Western Hemisphere. The question CARICOM can no longer defer is this: who gave him the badge?
KINGSTON, Jamaica March 6, 2026 - There is a phrase Donald Trump keeps reaching for, and it tells you everything you need to know about the world he is building. When asked why he ordered the military abduction of a sitting Venezuelan president, transported him in chains to a New York courtroom, and then pivoted to strangling Cuba into submission, Trump’s answer was essentially this: because I can.
