Today at the @UN, President Trump made clear that we will lead with peace through strength, champion economic vitality, and defend the sovereignty of nations.
George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address warned Americans to “steer clear of permanent alliances” and stay “constantly awake” against foreign influence, arguing that attachments to other nations open the door to corruption of republican government. Thomas Jefferson later distilled the same idea in his 1801 inaugural address as “peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations—entangling alliances with none.”