(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump referenced the “Donroe Doctrine” while speaking about the decision to strike Venezuela and capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

The term is one coined by foreign policy experts to describe Trump’s approach to foreign policy and exerting increased U.S. control in the Western Hemisphere.

The name is a play on the Monroe Doctrine, using Trump’s first name as a pun to coin the term.

The Monroe Doctrine was a policy first articulated by President James Monroe in 1823 and focused on opposing European influence and colonization in the Western Hemisphere. The position came at a time when the majority of Spanish colonies in Latin America had achieved independence or were fighting for it.

Since Monroe first articulated the policy, it has been a guiding force in U.S. policy, though it has been occasionally disregarded by presidents.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt later reinterpreted the doctrine with a focus on multilateralism and nonintervention, with later presidents encouraging a specific interest in protecting Latin America from Soviet influence.

The Donroe Doctrine applies to Trump’s foreign policy efforts that appear to seek U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere.

The U.S. has a long history of becoming involved in Latin American politics, frequently through covert action focused on regime change.

Trump, however, has taken a more bold approach and openly sought to intervene in the affairs of other countries, particularly those he sees as being complicit in actions detrimental to the U.S.

His administration has ended many programs that exercised soft power in Latin America, provided humanitarian aid or otherwise worked to encourage goodwill toward the U.S.

Instead, Trump has threatened leaders he disagrees with, using tariffs as punishment, along with building up a military presence in the region.

Following Maduro’s capture, Trump announced the U.S. would “run Venezuela,” specifically speaking about profiting from the country’s oil reserves, a departure from previous U.S. policy that focused on turning the power over to democratic forces in a country after deposing an autocratic leader.