Vance emphasizes ‘generational shift’ in US foreign policy at Naval Academy graduation

Published May 23, 2025 2:19pm ET



Vice President JD Vance heralded the administration’s new foreign policy approach as a “generational shift” during his address to the graduating class at the U.S. Naval Academy.

In his speech on Friday, Vance praised the outcomes of President Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East and bashed the foreign policies of recent presidents, whom he argued were too focused on nation-building across the globe.

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