Protect Our Hemispheric Interests - and Our President Willing to Do So 1925

President-elect Donald Trump held an electrifying press conference Tuesday. In its course, he described the vital importance of Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal to the national and economic security of the United States.

While it remains to be seen what Mr. Trump will do once in office, just by talking about those interests he has set the stage for long-overdue corrective action on the rampant violation of America’s historic Monroe Doctrine, aimed at keeping hostile powers like China, Russia and Iran out of our hemisphere.

His remarks have also given further reason for such foreign enemies, among others, to try to prevent Donald Trump’s return to power. We must deny them a possible free-shot on him – and virtually the entirety of our national leadership – by forgoing the inauguration planned for outdoors on the West Front of the Capitol on January 20 th.

This is Frank Gaffney.