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As I see it, real security also means ensuring that the United States is the most powerful nation on the planet and can protect its interests and project power abroad — not just militarily — in a way that deters the rise of peer competitors and conflict.

In an interview with the Times, Gorka said that "any nation which wishes to be seen to be a serious ally and friend of the most powerful nation in the world should act in a fashion that reflects that serious commitment" when asked if the UK should be forced to take IS members back.

Unless he's out there I think many people understandably put him at the back of their minds and forget how crazy it is that such a man is going to be the leader of the most powerful nation on earth.

Now, the U.S. is still, in many ways, the world’s most powerful nation, but it has less leverage over weaker nations because the source of fear—the fulcrum of America’s leverage—has vanished.

By 1914, the German Empire, with its dynamic economy and industrial might, had emerged as the most powerful nation on the continent of Europe.