Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President

I have read an article on the Statesman that William H. McRaven wrote for the New York Times published on October 17, 2019. The author started stating how he attended memorable events that make his claim on why we should care for the future and the effects that happen right now can have a huge impact later on.
McRaven recalled a few significant events of how this nation became to be and he included examples of officers and soldiers that were in the American military, who risked everything for the well-being of the nation.
McRaven stated, “We are not the most powerful nation in the world because our aircraft carriers, our economy, or our seat at the United Nations Security Council. We are the most powerful nation in the world because we try to be the good guys.” He did very well on putting facts and mainly historical events for the reader to recall those incidents and be able to understand his viewpoint. This really stood out to me because I most definitely agree with his viewpoint, although we do have better economy and military than other countries, but what has been declaring us a better nation is that throughout time and time again we had rendered our help to those who most needed it and free them like the freedom we’ve had.
All of this contributes to his claim that if we abandoned our allies the rest of them won’t trust us and we failed to the promises that we once made towards, as the current president had done.