Vance’s critique cuts to the core of Washington’s foreign policy rot—decades of hollow rhetoric masking strategic drift.
His focus on action over performative speechifying aligns with Trump’s transactional approach: alliances must deliver concrete value rather than serve as virtue-signaling props.
Key shifts under a Trump-Vance doctrine
Ukraine aid recalibration: Skepticism toward blank checks for Europe’s security crisis, prioritizing munitions stockpiles for Indo-Pacific deterrence against China.
Israel as model ally: Unapologetic backing of Jerusalem’s counterterror operations contrasted with demands that Europe fund its own defense. Diplomatic realism: Rejecting “rules-based order” platitudes while pushing partners like Saudi Arabia and Vietnam to counterbalance Beijing’s rise.
Critics wail about “abandoning diplomacy,” but Vance exposes their game—using State Department theatrics to disguise disastrous nation-building failures (Iraq, Afghanistan) and NATO free-riding.
The Trump-Vance formula?
Demand reciprocity, rebuild deterrence through energy dominance/AI investment, and let adversaries feel American resolve—not just hear it. The establishment’s meltdown proves they fear losing their greatest weapon: words without consequences.
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