Vice President JD Vance told Naval Academy graduates on Friday that the Trump administration has “reversed course” in foreign policy after previous leaders “traded hard power for soft power.”
Vance made the comments during his commencement speech at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
“No more undefined missions, no more open-ended conflicts—we’re returning to a strategy grounded in realism and protecting our core national interests,” he said.
Vance said Trump will use the U.S. military in a more disciplined approach, vowing that troops will only be sent to war with very specific goals in mind, emphasizing that military power should be used “decisively, with a clear objective.”...
