The Case for Donald Trump’s “Peace Through Strength” Foreign Policy
In this exceptionally dangerous moment in history, the American people demand strategic clarity and tough national security leadership. Who do you trust to deliver on this, Trump and JD Vance or Harris and Walz?
The United States will also renew its demands that rich countries pay significantly more for the support of U.S. troops stationed there.
At the same time, as recently proposed by former National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien, “Congress should help build up the armed forces of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam by extending to them the kinds of grants, loans, and weapons transfers that the United States has long offered Israel.”
Lead by Example with a Peace-Through-Strength Policy
During a visit with President Biden earlier this year, Poland’s President Duda proposed that they advocate jointly for an increase in European defense spending from 2 percent to 3 percent, only to be turned down by the Biden-Harris administration. The puzzling turndown is most likely due to the Biden-Harris administration’s plan to have U.S. defense spending decline below 3 percent and reach 2.6 percent by 2034.
National security experts have called for U.S. defense spending to increase gradually to 6 percent—the post-1945 average—by the end of 2028. A leading senator called for a “generational” defense investment through increased spending to 5 percent. President Trump has pointed out that it is unacceptable for Americans to live under the threat of nuclear annihilation and has renewed his call for an Iron Dome missile shield around the United States.
The Choice
In this exceptionally dangerous moment in history, the American people demand strategic clarity and tough national security leadership. Who do you trust to deliver on this, Trump and JD Vance or Harris and Walz?
About the Authors:
Lt. General (ret.) Keith Kellogg was a National Security Adviser to both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. He is currently Co-Chair of the Center for American Security at the America First Policy Institute.
Dan Negrea served in the U.S. Department of State as a senior advisor in the Secretary’s Policy Planning Office and as the Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs. He is the co-author of We Win They Lose: Republican Foreign Policy and the New Cold War.
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