What is Shield of the Americas? What We Know About Kristi Noem's New Role [View all]
Source: Newsweek
President Donald Trump said he is appointing Kristi Noem as his “special envoy for the Shield of the Americas” as he announced her removal as homeland security secretary. The White House says the initiative reflects Trump’s effort to shift U.S. national security strategy toward the Western Hemisphere.
Trump is scheduled to meet Saturday with leaders from 11 Latin American countries at his golf club in Doral, Florida, for what the administration is calling a “Shield” summit. Leaders from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago are expected to attend, according to the White House. The administration says the initiative would rely on U.S. military and intelligence capabilities to a degree not seen in the region since the end of the Cold War.
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My headline would have been "WTF is This Shield of America Bullshit and How Does it Distract From the Epstein Files?"
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