Rep. Matt Gaetz

kinetic U.S.

military intervention, but simply the people there realizing that his days may be numbered.

That is the job of the Department of War.

My understanding is that there is very strong support on Capitol Hill for the operations you are currently seeing to take out narco traffickers on their way to the United States.

Similarly, there's not a lot of love for Maduro.

There's not this sense that Maduro is never going to be a problem for the United States.

Look, you know me, you know I'm not an invade everywhere, invite everyone Republican.

But I care a lot more about what's going on in the Gulf of America than I do the Black Sea.

I think it's a lot more consequential to people in our country what's happening in Brazil and Honduras and Venezuela rather than what's happening in Bavaria or the Baltics.

Balkans or the hills of eastern Ukraine.

And President Trump has reinvigorated that interest with his renewed focus on the Monroe Doctrine.

I think that that is going to pay dividends for our country for many years to come.

Of course, you and I know there is a latent resentment in Latin America over U.S.

involvement that dates back to the days of United Fruit and Standard Fruit.

Now, you know, they're very well-known brands of Dole and Chiquita.

But this is a different day.

And with populist nationalist leaders like Nayib Bukele rising in Latin America, this may be an opportunity to defeat the left.

And then here's what that means for the United States.

More countries here with strong borders, strong laws, not just a total playground for thugs and bandits and narco traffickers.

And when our neighborhood is stronger, our country will be stronger.