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is already the world's largest oil producer, and there are a lot of other places in the world that have oil.

What does this doctrine say to other countries like Russia and China, though, and the U.S.

's ability to argue that those countries shouldn't invade their neighbors in the way Russia's doing in Ukraine and China is threatening to do in Taiwan?

So now we are living in the world of the Donro doctrine, and we've seen this action in Venezuela.

Where do you think Trump might turn his attention to next?

Cuba has said the U.S.

is trying to, quote, intimidate and subjugate the governments of Latin America.

It seems like we are truly entering a very pivotal moment in American history, in American foreign policy.

Thanks for listening.

See you tomorrow.

One morning in Los Angeles County, a white Range Rover was cruising around, about to make several stops at local banks.

The vehicle was being tracked by law enforcement agents.

That's our colleague Dylan Tokar.

The agents were following the driver, Jia Yong Yu, because they suspected he might be laundering money.

Then Yu left, but the agent stayed behind.

They asked the bank teller if Yu deposited more than $10,000, anything above that amount is supposed to get flagged by the bank.

By then, Yu was already on his way to another bank,

Investigators allege that Yu is part of a new wave of sophisticated money launderers, all with ties to China, who are laundering money for powerful Mexican drug cartels and operating at such a scale and efficiency that it blows traditional money launderers out of the water.

Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power.

I'm Ryan Knudson.