ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Vice President JD Vance told military academy graduates Friday that President Donald Trump is working to ensure that U.S. armed forces are only sent into harm's way with clear goals rather than the "undefined missions" and "open-ended conflicts" of the past.
Vance says Trump will use US military decisively rather than in ‘open-ended conflicts’ of the past
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Vice President JD Vance told military academy graduates Friday that President Donald Trump is working to ensure that U.S. armed forces are only sent into harm's way with clear goals rather than the "undefined missions" and "open-ended conflicts" of the past.
Vance, in a commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy, said Trump's approach "doesn't mean that we ignore threats but means that we approach them with discipline and if we send you to war, we do it with a very specific set of goals in mind."
Vance said the alternative under Trump will be quicker-hit military actions, pointing to the bombing that Trump recently ordered — then paused to uncertain effect– against Houthis rebels in Yemen.
"That's how miliary power should be used,” he said. "Decisively with a clear objective.”