What is Shield of the Americas? What We Know About Kristi Noem's New Role

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8. What we know about Noem's new 'Shield of the Americas' role

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5769654-trump-appoints-noem-shield-americas/

BY ASHLEIGH FIELDS - 03/05/26 4:08 PM ET

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What is The Shield of the Americas?
The regional coalition of countries in Latin America will work together on ideology and policy initiatives that help secure the Western Hemisphere, according to the White House.

The Shield of the Americas will be be guided in part by the president’s foreign policy initiatives dubbed the “Donroe Doctrine,” fashioned after the Monroe Doctrine. The administration has described the doctrine as enlisting “established friends” in the Western Hemisphere to pursue U.S. aims, and expanding ties by “cultivating and strengthening new partners.”

Since Trump returned to office last January, he has directed the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” plans to “take back” the Panama Canal, efforts to acquire Greenland and make Canada the 51st state.

A summit making the Shield of the Americas official is set to take place this weekend in Miami, and may largely focus on counterterrorism measures in the region as a group of Latin American leaders assemble on American soil.

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