"Last week, Trump unveiled his National Security Strategy, which claims that European nations face "civilizational erasure" resulting from the politics of the European Union, and from "migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife, censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, cratering birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence." To the extent the document articulates any strategy at all, it appears to be for the United States to pressure Europe to deregulate, crack down on migration,"
"Trump has interfered in foreign affairs in many ways. He has ordered the bombing of Iran and is preparing for an attack on Venezuela; "We're gonna hit 'em on land very soon," he told on Monday. In the Caribbean, his military has committed what law-of-war experts have called murder, launching missiles at boats suspected of carrying drugs. (The national-security justification for this is nonexistent; most illegal narcotics are brought into the U.S. through ports of entry by people who are crossing legally.)"
Donald Trump publicly derides neoconservatives and nation-building while pursuing policies that contradict noninterventionist rhetoric. The National Security Strategy frames European migration and EU politics as threats amounting to "civilizational erasure" and advocates pressuring Europe to deregulate, crack down on migration, and increase purchases of oil and gas. Administration actions include ordering strikes against Iran, preparing potential action toward Venezuela, and authorizing Caribbean maritime strikes that experts characterize as unlawful killings. Economic coercion has been used through punitive tariffs on allies. The pattern reflects rhetorical isolationism paired with coercive diplomacy, military force, and economic pressure.
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