Sure, and it is used in a perjorative manner -

> As a result, U.S. strategy is shedding values and historical memory, narrowing its focus to money and homeland defense. Allies are discovering what unvarnished unilateralism feels like, as security guarantees become protection rackets and trade deals are enforced with tariffs. This is the same logic of raw power that helped spur two world wars, and the consequences are already visible.

Being compared to criminals and failed nations that started wars is not typically how America Ascendant believers frame the nation.

Am I missing something here?