SUMMARY
The Government of United States of America operates within a constitutional federal republic under the U.S. constitution that was ratified in 1788. It is led by the President, who serves a four year term for a maximum of two terms. Since the latter 1800s, the President has always been a member of the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. The former is considered more liberal compared to the latter, which is seen as more conservative but both are relatively centrist in ideology, tending to differ on single issues whilst both parties contain members that are seen internally as more left or right wing.
From 1933, the government was led by Democratic Party presidents for twenty years (Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933 – 1945; Harry S. Truman, 1945 – 1953). Following this, Republican Party member, Dwight D. Eisenhower served as President for two terms (1953 – 1961) until the Democratic Party returned to leadership during the 1960s (John F. Kennedy, 1961 – 1963; Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963 – 1969). For most of the 1970s and 1980s, the Republic Party was in power (Richard M. Nixon, 1969 – 1974; Gerald R. Ford, 1974 – 1977; Ronald Reagan, 1981 – 1989; George Bush, 1989 – 1993), except for one term under the Democratic Party with Jimmy Carter as President (1977 – 1981). Since 1993, the presidency has alternated between the Democratic and Republican Parties every two consecutive terms with Democrat Bill Clinton (1993 – 2001) being followed by Republican George W. Bush (2001 – 2009), who was succeeded by Democrat Barack Obama (2009 – 2017). Republican Donald Trump served as President 2017 - 2021.
As of 2024, Democrat Joe Biden serves as President of the United States of America.
In 1989, the Government of United States of America reached its highest number of troops active in its armed forces with 2 240 000. This figure steadily decreased to almost half the amount in 2001, when the number of troops maintained reached 1 420 700. Since then, this total has fluctuated relatively slightly by 150 000.
As of 2024, the Government of United States of America had 1 326 000 troops active in its armed forces.
The following actors provided support to the government during armed conflicts:
The Government of United States of America was allied with the Government of the United Kingdom during an armed conflict to remove the Taleban regime of the Government of Afghanistan in 2001 (see Government of Afghanistan - Government of United Kingdom, Government of United States of America.
Both the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Australia formed a coalition with the US government, called “the Free and the Willing” to overthrow the Government of Iraq led by the Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein in 2003 (see Government of Australia, Government of United Kingdom, Government of United States of America - Government of Iraq).
During its untraditional case of internal armed conflict with Al-Qaida, which began after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the government received support from the following secondary warring parties: Government of Afghanistan, Government of Australia, Government of Belgium, Government of Canada, Government of Czech Republic, Government of Denmark, Government of Estonia, Government of France, Government of Germany, Government of Greece, Government of Italy, Government of Japan, Government of Jordan, Government of Kuwait, Government of Lithuania, Government of Netherlands, Government of New Zealand, Government of Norway, Government of Pakistan, Government of Poland, Government of Portugal, Government of Romania, Government of Saudi Arabia, Government of Slovakia, Government of Spain, Government of Turkey and Government of United Kingdom.
