Foreign Policy

The United States has no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. We have our own legitimate interests, as do all nations, but we differ from many of them in our firm belief that the good of all nations is achieved through peace, trade, the exchange of ideas, and the mutual recognition of our responsibility to one another as human beings.

In 2011, the United States did not come to the aid of Japan following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami because she is an ally — we came to her aid, through Operation Tomodachi staged from Yokosuka, because people were suffering. After World War II, the United States did not rebuild the shattered economies of Europe — including those of our former enemies — because we sought leverage or hegemony. The Marshall Plan was born of the recognition that lasting peace requires the recovery of all nations, ally and adversary alike, and that American prosperity is inseparable from the prosperity of the world.

We are rendering aid to Venezuela today — right now, in the wake of the June 2026 Venezuelan earthquakes, our country is sending telecommunications engineers to aid in rescue and recovery by setting up satellite ground stations and Iridium satellite phones to bypass quake-damaged infrastructure. The United States has pledged $150 million in aid and is deploying search and rescue teams from Virginia and California, plus military assets. We plan on rendering similar aid in many other regions of the world as opportunity and means present themselves — not to create hegemony or subjugation, but in the firm belief that the interests of all nations are met when their people live in peace, and their daily needs are addressed. This is not a promise, nor is it likely achievable in anyone's lifetime, but it is in the interests of the United States to work towards this goal. It is a noble goal, and therefore worthy of our great nation.