"while we are prepared, if necessary, to do this alone, it is our preference and it is our hope to do this together with you, our friends here in Europe."
"We in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the west's managed decline. We do not seek to separate, but to revitalise an old friendship and renew the greatest civilisation in human history. What we want is a reinvigorated alliance that recognises that what has ailed our societies is not just a set of bad policies, but a malaise of hopelessness and complacency."
"controlling national borders was not an expression of xenophobia or hate but a fundamental act of national sovereignty'."
The United States is described as a child of Europe and extends a conditional partnership to Europe, insisting the two continents belong together. The US expresses intent to build a new world order and prefers to do so jointly with Europe while remaining prepared to act alone if necessary. The proposed alliance emphasizes revitalization of Western civilization, rejection of managed decline, and remedies for societal malaise beyond policy failures. The US frames control of national borders as an assertion of sovereignty rather than xenophobia and aligns the partnership with recent populist policy priorities, criticizing climate policy and expanded welfare.
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