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President Trump has expanded military operations across multiple regions during his second term, with U.S. forces targeting drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific even as American and Iranian officials pursue a peace deal.
Key facts
In June 2025, Trump directed U.S. forces to join Israel in bombing Iran during a 12-day war that targeted Iranian nuclear sites
The Middle East has been a key focus of Trump's military operations, retaliatory airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen in March 2025, killing a key ISIS leader in Iraq during the same period
An estimated 207 people have died in U.S. strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since September, when the Trump administration announced it had killed 11
What they're saying: "All of President Trump's actions have put America First and made our homeland safer," White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a Sunday email
Summary
Trump's expanding military operations are testing whether his America First doctrine can accommodate a growing U.S. military footprint overseas. Andrew Latham, a political science professor at Macalester College in Minnesota that Trump "launched these campaigns because he sees military force differently from the way the Bush-era foreign policy establishment saw it. It's not about refashioning societies into America's image, Latham says. What they're saying: "All of President Trump's actions have put America First and made their homeland safer," White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a Sunday email.