Confronting major challenges around the world, the United States needs to strengthen its alliances and better counter its foes. Unfortunately, in the draft of its 2020 platform, the Democratic Party offers little of the hard-headed leadership that would be necessary to meet this crucial moment in our history.

When it comes to military spending, Democrats seem quite happy to allow allies to continue spending far less than they should toward our common defense. Although they correctly rebuke President Trump for questioning the Article Five mutual defense commitment under NATO, Democrats nevertheless adopt the easy and false European narrative that Trump poses the greatest threat to the alliance.