Trump’s National Security Strategy Is on Target

U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff (L), Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), and national security adviser Mike Waltz (2nd R) attend a meeting with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud (R) and a Russian delegation at Riyadh's Diriyah Palace in Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 18, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein/AFP via Getty Images

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When former President George W. Bush stood on the West Front of the Capitol for his second inauguration in 2005, he gave a speech that called for a utopian foreign policy that aimed at spreading democracy all across the globe.