Trump: “The U.S. Military Exists to Eliminate Threats, Not Spread Democracy at Gunpoint”
During a fiery speech at the U.S. Military Academy graduation ceremony, President Trump made it clear:
“The job of the U.S. Armed Forces is not to conduct drag shows or spread democracy at gunpoint. The job of the army is to dominate and eliminate threats to the United States.”
He criticized past administrations for dragging American soldiers into unnecessary foreign missions:
“They sent our warriors on crusades to nation-build in countries that wanted nothing to do with us… All of this has come to an end.”
This marks a sharp shift toward a nationalist, defense-first military doctrine — focused on power projection, not ideological export.
Is this the end of America’s global “democracy missions”?
Or a new chapter of realpolitik foreign policy?
