Is Trump returning the world to an age of empires?

At the start of January, the United States government launched a military operation in Venezuela, capturing its president Nicolás Maduro and announcing that the US would run the nation until it deems that there can be "a proper and judicious transition”. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and figures around him have also made repeated suggestions that the US needs to claim Greenland for reasons of national security. Following those events, historians Rana Mitter and Hannah Skoda explore the history of governance in South America – and whether President Trump and his administration are really making unprecedented moves on the world stage. ------ GO BEYOND THE PODCAST Read more about a 19th-century doctrine that may be the key to understanding today’s US foreign policy in this HistoryExtra article: https://bit.ly/4qSz8lq ------ If you have any questions that you'd like Rana and Hannah to tackle, get in touch: podcast@historyextra.com For more fascinating stories from the past, head to HistoryExtra, the home of ‘History’s Greatest’ podcasts. Find out more at ???historyextra.com/podcast??? We'd love to know what you think about the podcast, so leave us a review and let us know the topics you think we should be covering. Or, follow us on ?Facebook?, ?X?, ?Instagram? or ?YouTube? to keep in touch. You can listen ad-free to this episode and more by subscribing to HistoryExtra Plus here: ???https://historyextra.supportingcast.fm/??? This episode was hosted by Matt Elton with regular panellists Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter and produced by Lewis Dobbs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices