(CNN) In his address to Congress on Tuesday evening, President Trump affirmed that "America respects the right of all nations to chart their own path." For the vast majority of Americans, the obvious purpose of America's government, and of America's power, is to defend the interests of this great nation. The Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens summarized this sentiment, writing that "America is better served by a world of supposed freeloaders than by a world of foreign policy free-lancers." President Trump obviously feels differently. But President Trump might still find it difficult to translate his rhetoric into action.

Source: CNN March 05, 2017 22:07 UTC