As the last Cabinet meeting of the year wound down, President Trump dramatically expanded his doctrine for the Western Hemisphere: Any nation producing drugs, and shipping them to American streets, “is subject to attack.”

Allies of Donald Trump are encouraging the president-elect to make the most of what he described as “an unprecedented and powerful mandate” by nominating a dyed-in-the-wool MAGA diplomat to serve as his secretary of state, rather than an America First convert as he did during his first term.