NCS anchor Abby Phillip slammed President Donald Trump for, as she put it, “declaring himself King of the World.”
Phillip unpacked the president’s busy begin to the new yr on NCS Saturday Morning Table for Five.
“Just 10 days into the new year, Donald Trump seems to be channeling his inner Leonardo DiCaprio and declaring himself the “king of the world!”She said, earlier than pointing to the seize of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in addition to threats to take over Cuba, Colombia and Greenland as proof of the chaos.
“If it’s not clear yet, Trump says that the only thing limiting his powers on the world stage is, quote, his own morality,” Phillip mentioned. “And to top it all off, he says the U.S. doesn’t need international law. That is a whole lot of the Don-roe doctrine, as he would put it. Where does that leave us if the president doesn’t think that he’s accountable to anyone but himself?”
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 09: U.S. President Donald Trump (C) reacts throughout a gathering with oil and fuel executives in the East Room of the White House on January 9, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump is holding the assembly to debate plans for funding in Venezuela after ousting its chief Nicolás Maduro. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) / Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
The anchor kicked off her Saturday morning broadcast by discussing Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” together with her panel of friends. The president has been finishing up his overseas coverage agenda to claim dominance in the Western Hemisphere, together with by attacking Venezuela, below the cowl of the Monroe Doctrine.
The Nineteenth-century coverage, formulated by President James Monroe, was initially drafted to maintain European forces out of the Western Hemisphere, which was thought-about the U.S.’ sphere of affect. Trump has colloquially renamed the coverage after himself and expanded the attain of the doctrine, saying his administration “superseded it by a lot.” (Although, the Monroe Doctrine’s rebrand was not his original idea.)
“American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again,” Trump mentioned throughout a press convention following the operation in Venezuela.
Host Abby Phillip and New York Post correspondent Lydia Moynihan debate the
Lydia Moynihan, a correspondent for the New York Post, kicked off the panel dialogue on NCS Saturday Morning Table for Five, asserting that Trump was working inside the limits of the Monroe Doctrine.
“What he’s saying is in line with what the Monroe Doctrine has stated for hundreds of years that we have a responsibility and the ability to have sovereignty in this hemisphere,” Moynihan mentioned. “So I don’t think that anything he’s done has been out of line with the Monroe Doctrine that’s governed foreign policy for hundreds of years now in the U.S.”
Phillip pushed again, suggesting that the Founding Fathers would possible agree that the president must be accountable to the individuals slightly than his personal pursuits.
Trump promised to “run” Venezuela and take management of its oil, a transfer that drew widespread criticism throughout the world. Even his supporters have been skeptical of the intervention as a result of it countered the president’s marketing campaign promise to place “America first.”
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears to be like on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press following US army actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. / JIM WATSON / AFP through Getty Images
Despite the backlash, the president has pushed ahead with threats to execute related army operations in Cuba, Mexico, and Colombia. Trump was most specific in his remarks in opposition to Colombian President Gustavo Petro throughout an look on Fox News.
“I stick by my first statement. He’s making cocaine,” Trump mentioned.. “They’re sending it into the United States, so he does have to watch his a–.”
Trump has additionally threatened to grab Greenland, which is an autonomous territory inside the Kingdom of Denmark. Denmark is an ally of the United States, a incontrovertible fact that the Danish Ambassador to the U.S. Jesper Moeller Soerensen reminded Americans of.
“We expect full respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark,” he said on X.