The most powerful nations are not built only by wealth or technology.
They are built by generations willing to sacrifice for something larger than themselves.
On Memorial Day, we remember the Americans who did exactly that.
There is a certain kind of institutional man who can explain every reason something cannot be done.
Legal risk.
Process risk.
Budget risk.
Stakeholder risk.
Precedent risk.
He is often intelligent.
He is often credentialed.
He is often respected.
And if you let him run the system, nothing important will ever happen.
46 years ago this month, the last soldier of the United States Taiwan Defense Command (USTDC) departed Taiwan following the commandโs dissolution in 1979.
At its peak, the USTDC had tens of thousands of personnel and several tactical nuclear weapons stationed in Taiwan.
Using declassified Cold War-era materials, our visualization shows the approximate distribution of major USTDC units in 1973.
Iโve seen what national vitality feels like.
It feels like factories operating, founders building, engineers solving, citizens believing, and institutions that still know how to move.
America does not need to manage decline.
It needs to build again.
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One thing DOGE and other experiences reaffirmed for me:
America is still a high-potential nation, even after years of being constrained by low-capacity institutions.
We still have the talent, builders, and optimism that made this country exceptional.
And increasingly, itโs clear we are moving back toward building, executing, and dreaming big again.
FoxNewsRundown: Operation Epic Fury ... President Trump returns form China saying President Xi Jinping offered to help end the conflict with Iran.
Chinaโs foreign ministry releasing a statement saying there is โno pointโ in continuing the war with Iran.
@FoxEbenBrown speaks with @JustinFulcher founder of @RingMD, former @DeptofWar and @DOGE
Get the full episode of the FOX News Rundown: https://t.co/CpG2AmTnT2
โThe War of Munitions.โ
For decades, the West optimized for efficiency and globalization while allowing critical industrial capacity to erode.
History reminds us that great powers still depend on shipyards, steel, energy, machine tools, logistics, and manufacturing at scale.
One of the more important shifts underway right now is that Washington is finally taking reindustrialization and defense production seriously again.
Industrial capacity is national power.
Thanks to President Trumpโs $1.5 trillion defense budget, this War Department has moved from bureaucracy to business.
This is a FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT in our Arsenal of Freedomโensuring our military remains the most lethal fighting force in the world.