02/04/26 Afternoon CommStock Report – Monroe to Donroe

Part 1 of 2   President Trump is taking the Monroe Doctrine thing to another level. His hemispheric foreign policy is actually a combination of Manifest Destiny and the Monroe Doctrine that when combined becomes the Donroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine essentially is that other global powers should stay out of our “yard.” Manifest Destiny meant when we took anything, we thought should be owned by us on this continent, making it part of our “yard.” Most Americans support the Doctrine and the Destiny. Our “yard” is defined as this hemisphere. Is Greenland part of our “yard”? Sure, it is, as the tectonic fault line is in Iceland. I was there once. He wants Russia and China out of our hemisphere which is a very good thing but has no intention of reciprocating. The one thing that we have that they don’t is a blue-water navy. You can buy and maintain one of those for $257 bln annually which no one else in the world can remotely afford. Most countries spend on their entire militaries just what we do funding ICE. That is just the current sunk cost to maintain our Navy as DJT plans a 50% increase in overall…