美国总统为拉丁美洲极右翼的胜利邀功，但这些胜利更多源于对帮派犯罪的恐惧，而非他的干预。自重掌大权以来，唐纳德·特朗普在外交政策上几乎没有取得胜利。从失败的战争到失败的和平进程，他的第二个任期在世界舞台上接连出现代价高昂的失误。然而，在拉丁美洲，这位美国总统却有不同的故事可讲。
The US president has taken credit for far-right victories across Latin America, but those wins have had more to do with fears of gang crime than his meddling 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.
其政府的国家安全战略概述了美国如何想要“恢复美国在西半球的卓越地位”。这是一份厚颜无耻的文件，阐述了其政府将如何干预那些被视为其势力范围一部分的国家的政治生活，奖励那些“总体上与我们的原则和战略一致”的政府和运动。
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”.