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fortunately, the cool relationship between the two nations never escalated into a hot war
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As President Donald Trump seeks to assert U.S. influence across the globe by implementing stiff tariffs and threatening to seize the Panama Canal, his first economically motivated hot war looms in the turbulent seas off Yemen.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Trump’s demands could in fact push the government of Mexico toward a hot war with a heavily armed and lethal group of organized crime cartels, destabilizing the country and exacerbating the very border crisis the policy also intends to address.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
More recently, by supplying arms and munitions to Ukraine NATO has engaged in a proxy hot war against Russia.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
The appointment would add to Trump’s growing list of Middle East advisors dealing with a region rocked by a hot war for over a year.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Trump’s demands could in fact push the government of Mexico toward a hot war with a heavily armed and lethal group of organized crime cartels, destabilizing the country and exacerbating the very border crisis the policy also intends to address.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
More recently, by supplying arms and munitions to Ukraine NATO has engaged in a proxy hot war against Russia.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
The appointment would add to Trump’s growing list of Middle East advisors dealing with a region rocked by a hot war for over a year.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Hot war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20war. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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