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- U.S. President Donald Trump will host a Shield of the Americas meeting in New York City Tuesday afternoon.
- Trump created the Shield of the Americas in 2026 to fight cartel violence and drug trafficking across the Americas.
- The group first convened in March 2026 at a summit in Doral, Florida.
- At that summit, Trump announced the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition to halt drug violence across the Western Hemisphere.