Rubio to Rivals: Trump Owns the Hemisphere

For years, Washington talked tough about protecting America’s backyard while doing very little actually to secure it. That era is over.

In a clear-eyed warning to adversaries and a long-overdue reassurance to American voters, Senator Marco Rubio made it plain: this is our hemisphere, and under President Donald Trump, the United States will not allow hostile regimes, criminal networks, or foreign powers to threaten American security from our own neighborhood.

Rubio’s message reflects a broader shift back to a traditional, commonsense foreign policy, one rooted in strength, deterrence, and unapologetic American leadership. Instead of apologizing on the world stage or outsourcing security to international bureaucracies, the Trump administration is reasserting what previous generations understood instinctively: instability in the Western Hemisphere directly endangers the United States.

That danger isn’t theoretical. From narco-trafficking routes that poison American communities to authoritarian regimes cozying up to China, Russia, and Iran, the threats have been mounting while Democrats looked the other way. Weak borders, weak enforcement, and weak diplomacy created a vacuum, and bad actors rushed in.

President Trump has taken the opposite approach. He has closed the border, empowered law enforcement, and made clear that America will defend its interests close to home first. Rubio’s remarks underscore that this administration understands security is indivisible: you cannot protect American families if you surrender control of your hemisphere.

For Nevada, this matters. Drug trafficking, human smuggling, and cartel violence don’t stay neatly south of the border. They ripple outward into our communities, our schools, and our neighborhoods. Strong leadership abroad reinforces safety at home, and voters know it.

The contrast couldn’t be sharper. While Democrats continue to dither, moralize, and excuse chaos in the name of “global norms,” President Trump is doing what presidents used to do: drawing firm lines, backing them up, and putting Americans first.

Rubio said it best. This is our hemisphere, and once again, the White House is acting like it.

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