State of the Union Response

President Trump’s recent address to Congress was a spectacle designed to project strength and success. However, beneath the surface of his grand declarations lies a troubling reality that libertarians cannot ignore.

The United States resembles a massive ship, its passengers, distracted by entertainment, outrage cycles, and partisan bickering, oblivious to the perilous course it is on. The bridge has been commandeered by individuals who are either incompetent, insane, or intentionally steering toward disaster. A few discerning voices attempt to alert the masses, pleading for action before it’s too late. Yet, convincing people to act before impact is the hardest part; most won’t care until the iceberg is tearing through the hull.

Trump boasts about signing nearly 100 executive orders in 43 days and taking over 400 executive actions, a record he proudly compares to the likes of George Washington. But libertarians don’t measure success by the number of decrees issued from the Oval Office. This is just another example of executive overreach, where laws are no longer written by Congress but dictated by a single individual.

Every administration expands its power, setting a dangerous precedent for the next. The solution is not finding the “right” president but dismantling the unchecked authority of the office itself. A government that can impose, restrict, and direct the economy at will is not a free government, it is a centralized command structure, no different in nature from the regimes we claim to oppose abroad.

That said, we do applaud the move to withdraw from the World Health Organization, a globalist bureaucratic entity that seeks to supersede American sovereignty, dictate pandemic response, control travel, and determine what constitutes disinformation. The WHO does not serve the American people; it serves its own interests and those of the governments that fund it.

The Libertarian National Committee has already passed a resolution urging the United States to withdraw, recognizing that decisions affecting Americans should be made by Americans, not unelected international bodies. This is one of the rare instances where an administration has taken a step in the right direction by reducing Washington’s entanglements, and we encourage more moves toward decentralization and the restoration of self-go