Greenland, Colombia, Mexico: where will Trump strike next?
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The Times
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🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
After hitting Venezuela last week and capturing the country’s president, Donald Trump turned his attention to Greenland - the US says it’ll discuss ownership with Denmark next week. Trump’s also talked about getting involved in Cuba, Mexico, and Colombia. So which country might be next? What is the ‘Donroe Doctrine?’ And could this be the end of NATO?
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Guests:
- Michael Evans, contributor, The Times.
- Mogens Lykketoft, former Danish foreign minister and former president of the United Nations General Assembly.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Olivia Case, Micaela Arneson.
Read more: What would a US takeover of Greenland look like? Four options examined
Further listening: Is Trump's attack on Venezuela about drugs, politics or oil?
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| 0:00.0 | From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Manvine Rana. |
| 0:08.0 | Under the Trump administration, we are reasserting American power in a very powerful way in our home region. And our home region is very |
| 0:23.2 | different than it was just a short while ago. For most of us, New Year's resolutions might focus |
| 0:30.6 | on exercise or reading more. For Donald Trump, his New Year's plan seems to involve |
| 0:36.6 | reshaping the map of the world. |
| 0:39.5 | He certainly began 2026 with a bang. |
| 0:43.6 | President Trump says the U.S. carried out large-scale strikes on Venezuela overnight. |
| 0:53.9 | There was a force against a heavily fortified military fortress in the heart of Caracas, |
| 1:01.0 | to bring outlaw dictator Nicholas Maduro to justice. |
| 1:07.0 | One country down and he shows no sign of stopping. Just two days later, flying to a military base on Air Force One, |
| 1:14.6 | he held an impromptu press conference in the cramped cabin, |
| 1:18.6 | where he unveiled what sounded like his foreign policy wish list. |
| 1:23.6 | Cuba looks like it's ready to fall. |
| 1:25.6 | Colombia is very sick to run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, |
| 1:32.0 | and he's not going to be doing it very long, let me tell you. |
| 1:34.6 | And by the way, you have to do something with Mexico. |
| 1:37.0 | Mexico has to get there packed together because they're pouring through Mexico. |
| 1:41.8 | We need Maryland from the standpoint of national security. |
| 1:46.0 | So which country has President Trump set his sights on next? |
| 1:58.0 | And what is America's new foreign policy? |
| 2:04.2 | They now call it the Don Roe document, I don't know. |
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