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

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46. The post you've replied to does not say it is a "US creation"

However, I think we can predict what the administration’s intentions are toward this body.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-shield-of-the-americas-summit-and-donald-trumps-latin-america-strategy

The “Shield of the Americas” Summit and Donald Trump’s Latin America Strategy
March 4, 2026
By: Adam Ratzlaff

The US cannot sustain its influence in the Western Hemisphere through only multilateral bodies that the Trump administration chooses to engage with.

The Trump administration has made the Western Hemisphere a focal point of its foreign policy. From Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling for an “Americas First” foreign policy to the announcement of a Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine to the prominence of the Americas in the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS), the administration has made clear that it sees the Americas as part of the US’ immediate sphere of influence. At the same time, however, the administration has turned away from multilateral engagement with the region.

The administration has withdrawn from three regional bodies and threatened to cut funding for several other key regional bodies—even as the recently passed budget secured a $75 million increase in funding for the Inter-American Development Bank’s private-sector portfolio. Questions surrounding the administration’s approach to the region and no clear commitment that President Donald Trump would attend also led to the postponement of the X Summit of the Americas, slated for last December.

Rather than working toward a postponed Summit of the Americas, the Trump administration is hosting the “Shield of the Americas Summit” with select Latin American leaders in Miami on March 7, 2026, suggesting that its approach is to narrow the alliance to like-minded leaders to support US interests in the region. While this is not the first administration to attempt this approach, the region’s challenges—and US interests in the region—require a collective, long-term commitment. This approach fails to generate the necessary support and risks failing to meet its longer-term objectives.

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