Trump's security strategy slams European allies and asserts U.S. power in the Americas

"WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's administration has set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America's dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The document released Friday by the White House is sure to roil long-standing U.S. allies in Europe for its scathing critiques of their migration and free speech policies, suggesting they face the 'prospect of civilizational erasure' and raising doubts about their long-term reliability as American partners."

"At the same time the administration is sharply critical of its democratic allies in Europe and carrying out a pressure campaign of boat strikes in South America, it chides past U.S. efforts to shape or criticize Middle Eastern nations and seeks to discourage attempts for changes in those countries' governments and policies."

"The strategy reinforces, in sometimes chilly and bellicose terms, Trump's 'America First' philosophy, which favors nonintervention overseas, questions decades of strategic relationships and prioritizes U.S. interests. The U.S. strategy 'is motivated above all by what works for America or, in two words, 'America First,'' the document said. This is the first national security strategy, a document the administration is required by law to release, since the Republican president's return to office in January."

A new national security strategy portrays European allies as weak, criticizes their migration and free-speech policies, and warns of a 'prospect of civilizational erasure,' raising doubts about their reliability. The strategy emphasizes 'America First,' favors nonintervention overseas, reevaluates decades-long strategic relationships, and prioritizes U.S. interests. It criticizes past U.S. efforts to shape Middle Eastern governments and seeks to discourage external attempts to change those governments or policies. The approach signals a break from previous alliance-focused policies, includes pressure actions in the Western Hemisphere, and has prompted concerns about U.S. global standing and alliance cohesion.

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