With the Trump presidency finally in place in Washington, DC, some regimes in Latin America are bracing for a mortal confrontation with the former. It is a combat that is likely to be on multiple fronts. A known centre right ideologue, Trump has never minced his words regarding his deep scorn for those on the left. An expansionist and confrontational president, keen to stamp his specific brand of hegemonic politics, Trump might severely undermine regimes who have traditionally practiced left-wing ideologies and have been anti-American in their rhetoric and foreign policy undertakings.