section_path: Foreign policy/Expansionism
section_name: Expansionism
paragraph_text: Expansionism
  
  In the lead-up to his second inauguration, Trump proposed plans and ideas that would expand the United States' political influence and territory. It has been characterized as a revival of the Monroe Doctrine. The last territory acquired by the United States was in 1947 when the Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall Islands were acquired.