President Wilson's Role In World War I

In 1917, the U.S entered World War I in account of the declaration of war issued by the president of the time, President Wilson claimed that this was not “to make the world safe for democracy", In fact it was to protect America’s economy. It was obvious that through Wilson’s mask of words and actions, his most important motive was to safeguard the United States economic interest. The reason of economics played a large role in America’s intervention in the World War, and yet making the world safe for democracy was merely an idea that Wilson believed in and threw out to America so that it would seem like a more justified reason to declare war. Although President Wilson led the nation into World War I claiming to not be protecting democracy, the U.S. actually entered the war to not only protect American economic interests, but also to stress the importance of self-determination.
President Wilson had stated he wanted to remain neutral. He informed the other countries involved in the war to know the U.S as a neutral party, but neutrality did not last long. Soon America was helping Britain and France. America started to trade heavily with the countries and lending them money, and it was only a matter of time before we got dragged into the war too. Wilson seemed to have this preconceived notion that wartime trade was good for American economy.. As we traded with them more, we became closer allies and the hate towards Germany grew larger. America gave loans to France and Britain, With so much investment in our allies, the economy would fall America and the allies lost. If the allies lost, this would affect our economy greatly too. President Wilson must have noticed this, because it was only after this, did Wilson have a sudden change of heart and declare war when a few months ago he was adamant about remaining