While elected on an America-first, isolationist platform, freshly reinstalled U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration have quickly homed in on Latin America. The interactions hitting the headlines have not been positive.

Donald Trump in his return to the White House has already previewed his second term foreign policy approach: Talk loudly and wield a big stick.

Trump briefly raised the idea of buying Greenland in his first term and expressed shock—even calling off a planned visit to Copenhagen—when his offer was refused. This time around, he’s not backing down. He has held at least one reportedly tense phone conversation on the matter.

Donald Trump is practicing not deterrence but ‘compellence,’ making a threat to coerce foreign actors into doing things we want.

In just a week, the president has floated financial reprisals for Mexico, Canada, Russia, Denmark and Colombia. The hostilities could backfire.

The president is increasingly threatening other countries with tariffs for issues that have little to do with trade.

Oil prices retreated on Monday after the U.S. pulled back from initial sanctions threats against Colombia, reducing immediate concern over oil supply disruptions, though U.S. President Donald Trump's muscle-flexing is keeping markets twitchy.

Oil edged lower in early trade as Goldman Sachs said the latest round of U.S. sanctions against Russia haven’t had a significant impact on the country’s oil exports.

There were no Situation Room meetings and no quiet calls to de-escalate a dispute with an ally. Just threats, counterthreats, surrender and an indication of the president’s approach to Greenland and Panama.

President Trump warned of new tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico as soon as February 1. Here's where his trade plans stand as the deadline nears.

One of the problems with Donald Trump is that he doesn’t … know stuff. My own theory of the case, following Sherlock Holmes’ advice—“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable,