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Diplomacy, not military might, should guide U.S. foreign policy: Jayapal
Looking ahead to the November elections, she expressed confidence that the party would regain control of the House of Representatives and potentially the Senate.
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Staff Reporter - Sat, 22, Aug 2026
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Pramila Jayapal / X/ @RepJayapal
Rep. Pramila Jayapal said U.S. foreign policy should be centered on diplomacy, international cooperation and respect for national sovereignty, arguing that Washington should work with countries across the Western Hemisphere rather than using military might and economic tariffs to try to bully and coerce nations into taking actions.
Speaking at the Pan American Congress in Uruguay on Aug. 21, she said Democrats oppose the Trump administration’s “Donroe” foreign policy doctrine, a term coined to describe the administration’s approach of aggressively asserting American predominance and an unvarnished sphere-of-influence dominance across the Western Hemisphere.
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She criticized the Trump administration’s policy toward Cuba, saying Democrats have consistently opposed the longstanding U.S. embargo as well as restrictions on fuel. She described the measures as “collective punishment” of the Cuban people and pointed to previous congressional delegations to Cuba.
“We oppose the unilateral executive actions that Donald Trump has been taking without our congressional authority for both strikes, extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean,” she said.
She said Democrats oppose the use of military might and economic tariffs to try to bully and coerce nations into actions that do not benefit the people of those sovereign nations, and oppose U.S. election interference in other nations.
Jayapal is leading a congressional delegation to the Pan American Congress.
Today, I spoke at the Panamerican Congress in Uruguay about the importance of a relationship where the United States uses diplomacy, not military might, to achieve our shared objectives. pic.twitter.com/fOICH7hI2N
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) August 21, 2026
She said the Democratic Party is not just an opposition party; it is a proposition party.
“...we all collectively have a vision of a shared future that allows for human rights and for human dignity, that respects international law, that puts power back into the hands of working people and poor people to whom that power belongs,” she said.
Jayapal said her party has been taking on oligarchs, billionaires and big corporations, accusing them of taking control of public resources such as air and water.
Looking ahead to the November elections, she expressed confidence that the party would regain control of the House of Representatives and potentially the Senate.
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