Factbox-Trump's foreign policy called imperialist by experts |
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has made a series of controversial moves that have shaken up the world order, including a military raid that toppled Venezuela's leader and renewed threats to annex Greenland.
Trump, who campaigned on what was seen as an isolationist "America First" platform, defends his policies as advancing U.S. economic and security interests. But to many experts, his moves echo the actions of 19th-century colonial powers.
Here are some of the Trump administration's most significant and controversial international actions and the reactions of experts to those moves:
GAZA GOVERNANCE PROPOSAL
In February 2025, Trump said the U.S. will take over Gaza before gradually dropping that position - which was condemned by the U.N. as a proposal for "ethnic cleansing" - over the course of the year.
In another proposal........