Hugh Hewitt: Why National Defense Matters Now More Than Ever

Monday, December 29, 2025

America has many allies in what promises to be a decades-long Cold War 2.0 between the U.S. and its allies and the alliance of tyrants, led by China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Putin, Iran’s Khamenei and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. This quartet of dictators has some fourth-string powers allied with it in our hemisphere, like Venezuela’s Maduro and Cuba’s Miguel Díaz-Canel.

President Donald Trump is in the process of securing the Western Hemisphere against this alliance. He stated what I’d call the “Trump Doctrine.” In all caps: "YOU WILL BE HIT HARDER THAN YOU HAVE EVER BEEN HIT BEFORE IF YOU, IN ANY WAY, ATTACK OR THREATEN THE U.S.A."

In less than 25 words, President Trump put the whole globe on notice. The key word he included in his post: "THREATEN."

As 2025 comes to a close, the GOP is united on national defense. That’s a gift for everyone, whether they know it or not.

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