President Trump’s tribute to Lt. Tyler Feehan, including flying the fallen soldier’s family aboard Air Force One after the dignified transfer at Dover, restores the dignity the commander in chief owes those who defend the nation. In an era when too many leaders treat military sacrifice as political theater, Trump’s personal gesture in Georgia affirms that the executive’s first duty is to stand with the fallen rather than exploit them. This matters because it signals a return to serious stewardship of the armed forces instead of hollow gestures from an administrative state that has drifted far from its constitutional bounds. The Constitution places the military under civilian control precisely to ensure the President safeguards the liberty secured by those who serve, not to expand federal power at home. Honoring Feehan’s sacrifice reinforces the original understanding that government exists to protect individual rights through strength abroad and restraint at home. Anything less erodes the bond between the people and the republic they defend. True leadership remembers the price of freedom and refuses to cheapen it.