In general, do you support or oppose the Trump admin’s new “Donroe Doctrine” regarding US influence in the Western Hemisphere?

Support (19%) – "We have to protect our country's interests in the western hemisphere. Especially when dictators from China, Russia and Iran are meddling in the west. It is a strategic move economicly and militarily. They do not have peaceful intentions and would love to destroy the USA. Our Constitution and way of life undermines their totalitarian regimes."

• "We must protect our 'local' environment or be subjected to crime, attack or subversive influence campaigns from those taking advantage of or disrupting us, and since the world is getting 'smaller' as a result of technology/speed of travel/'instant' information, this area has become much wider than our borders and the countries just beyond them. Countries with criminal and disruptive influence who've become our enemies by 'subtly' attacking us should be dealt with intelligently, with due consideration for the prospects of national harm, and decisively when simply asking them to stop doesn't do the job. Drugs, campaigns of disruption, ideology physically opposing freedom and liberty are all things that need dealt with if seriously affecting the culture, health and continuation of our way of life. Simply stated, it's a policy of "don't tread on me" and needs to be pursued."

Oppose (74%) – "We do have a vested interest in ensuring the prosperity and well being of our neighbors, but this is not the way to accomplish that. We should be pursuing good relations along mutual interests with allies, not military intervention and conquest."

• "Rest assured that Mr. Putin is going to support Mr. Trump in taking over Greenland, assuring him of regaining all of the countries that were part of the Soviet Union before Mr. Gorbachev introduced the reform policies that led to the downfall of the Soviet Union and the independence of several current Eastern European countries that have since joined NATO and the European Union. Just one more step in the affirmation of the triumvirate of world leaders, Trump, Putin, and Xi."

"I don’t understand why the Trump Administration is focusing on all of these global issues, including Middle East, Ukraine, and now Venezuela, when we have real affordability issues at home that need to be addressed. I voted for Trump to fix the economy but all I see is my health care getting worst (my employer dropped Blue Cross this year because of its rate increases and now I have United Healthcare, which is not good). My grocery bill is still high and I am afraid that my son won’t be able to find viable work when he graduates from college in a year. Where is the help for us?"

• "We are the biggest losers. China now is seen as the restrained, nonintervening, reliable power, granting infrastructure loans without coercement. More countries will stop using our dollars and opt for the yuan to trade. The Donroe Doctrine has traded decades of measured and intelligent governance but brute force. Woe to America!"

"The world is much different than it was in 1823 when the Monroe Doctrine was established. Two centuries later, policies necessarily have to adapt. While the United States may be a global power doesn't give us the right to control every country in the Western Hemisphere. That sounds a lot like totalitarian control to me."

• "The world is much different than it was in 1823 when the Monroe Doctrine was established. Two centuries later, policies necessarily have to adapt. While the United States may be a global power doesn't give us the right to control every country in the Western Hemisphere. That sounds a lot like totalitarian control to me."

"This administration is running roughshod over Congress. Congress is where the power to declare war rests, and the president is thumbing his nose at them. Maduro is a bad guy, no question. But Trump is putting the US in a very dangerous position by invading a smaller country and calling our allies enemies."

Unsure/other (7%) – "Certainly other nations don't feel constrained to control only themselves, and pragmatically I understand why we would be at a disadvantage if we don't act. However, it's a return to, or maybe a more open embrace of, the idea that might makes right, and it seems to me that world peace and prosperity rise when we leave that idea behind. Engaging doesn't make everything better as a whole, even if our particular situation improves. It's a more selfish worldview that, yes, may achieve better results regionally in the short term, but we're going to pay for it further down the line. And our neighbors are paying for it now."