Trump wants control of the entire western hemisphere. Brazil might become his biggest prize | Steve Bloomfield

While the US president’s meddling could win Brazil’s election for the right, curbing gang violence is what voters care about Donald Trump has enjoyed very few foreign policy victories since returning to power. From failed wars to failed peace processes, his second term in office has been marked by one costly blunder on the world stage after another. In Latin America, though, the US president has a different story to tell. His administration’s national security strategy outlined how the US wanted to “restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere”. It was a brazen document, laying out how his government would interfere in the political life of countries it considered part of its sphere of influence, rewarding governments and movements that are “broadly aligned with our principles and strategy”. Continue reading...

Originally reported by The Guardian US by Steve Bloomfield. Read the full story at the source.