«Recent rhetoric from senior officials—including #Trump and #Hegseth—suggests a radically different conception of what American #power should look like abroad. Gone is the language of #stabilization, #reconstruction, or #DemocraticTransition. In its place is a vocabulary of “#warriors,” of #lethality, of unconstrained effectiveness, and of contempt for what is derided as “tepid legalism.” It is the language of acquisition, of taking, or valuable assets.»



