Trump broadens U.S. military footprint
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 . Why it matters: 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, tells Axios that Trump "laun…

