Since Vietnam, our military might has really only guaranteed every free markets "right" to trade with all other free markets. Reagan and BushI only messed with small client states, and then through our own surrogates. the exeception being Afghanistan where Nato joined us. W was led like a little pony by the neocons into nation building, and we've been qWagmired ever since.
Obama viewed the US's exercise of military might with suspicion, because trade was more important for us than self-determination by natives ruled by colonialist stooges who favored trade, but he never reconciled the dichotomy between W taking sides and his own rhetorical flourishes while dictators who embraced trade slaughtered their own serfs/peons.
Now we have a narcissist. Dangerous, but the man is a coward and bully.
IF the Saudis and Zionists are betting on the US to buoy them up against the Iranians, RussianImperialsts, Chinese and French .... I think they'll be disappointed.
And the liberals should be delighted if wie can no longer afford the Navy.