"This past September, the Trump administration terminated these agreements. The center's former head, James Rubin, called this decision "a unilateral act of disarmament," and no wonder: In effect, the United States was declaring that it would no longer oppose Russian influence campaigns, Chinese manipulation of local politics, or Iranian extremist recruitment drives. Nor would the American government use any resources to help anyone else do so either."
"Unilateral disarmament is now official policy. Because-despite its name-this National Security Strategy is not really a strategy document. It is a suicide note. If the ideas within it are really used to shape policy, then U.S. influence in the world will rapidly disappear, and America's ability to defend itself and its allies will diminish. The consequences will be economic as well as political, and they will be felt by all Americans."
A U.S. diplomatic team had signed memoranda with counterparts in many countries to expose malicious online campaigns from Russia, China, and Iran. The Trump administration terminated those agreements, effectively ending coordinated opposition to foreign influence operations and extremist recruitment. This policy shift aligns with the new National Security Strategy, which abandons prior countermeasures and signals a withdrawal from collective defensive efforts. The change will reduce U.S. influence, degrade the ability to defend allies, and produce political and economic consequences felt across the country. The document contains inconsistent tones, alternating between promises to work with allies and actions that undermine them.
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