Pull up your seat. Replenish your coffee. Last week, the White House released President Donald J. Trump’s new National Security Strategy, and it’s the most talked-about foreign policy document you’ll ever see.
Trump’s strategy is cleaning house. Away with mass migration, Europe and globalization. Combined with flexible realism, drug boat attacks and Golden Dome-style missile defense.
Naturally, the foreign policy establishment immediately panicked about the statements about Europe. They should have seen it coming. “Europe is in serious trouble. They have been invaded by a group of illegal aliens the likes of which no one has ever seen before,” Trump warned in his September 23 UN speech.
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This is a strategy driven by economic priorities. “The days when the United States propped up the entire world order like Atlas are over,” the strategy promises. “We want the strongest, most dynamic, most innovative and most advanced economy in the world,” the report says.
For all its indiscreet and gossipy moments, it is a sharp policy diagnosis that points the way to a bright future. America is not retreating. Far from it. This is a strategy full of hope for peace and prosperity – and makes room for countries like Poland, Finland, Japan, South Korea, Australia and others to go a step further. Read it and you’ll discover how America got off track with globalism and illegal immigration – and why AI, the status of the dollar and technology investments are driving US policy.
Here are the four biggest moments – and one serious miss.
1. Trump’s corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
If you’ve been following the drug boat attacks, you know that Trump has decided to “reaffirm and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere.” That includes lethal force to defeat cartels and adjusting the global military presence to place more U.S. troops in the Western Hemisphere — such as the F/A-18s from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford flying over the Gulf of Venezuela. The goal is for America to become the partner of choice.
It’s high time. China is everywhere in Central and South America, and its influence in the Western Hemisphere must be eradicated.
2. Beware, Europe
The White House says Europe is on the brink of “civilization erasure.” What a wake-up call. According to the strategy, Europe’s share of global GDP has fallen from 25% to 14%. Moreover, the European Union has become a regulatory apparatus that tends to stifle the interests of American business. It doesn’t make headlines, but it’s a big deal for Trump’s team. They believe that migration, stagnation, controls on freedom of expression and, frankly, anti-American EU regulations on tech companies in key areas like space policy will make Europe “unrecognizable in 20 years.”
Will we still be allies? According to the strategy, it is “far from clear whether certain European countries will have economies and militaries strong enough to remain reliable allies.”
So with that cathartic statement, the thunderstorm broke loose. Just as well. Perhaps it is time for new security leadership from states that are serious about containing Russia: more Warsaw and Helsinki, less Paris and Berlin. As far as NATO and military matters are concerned, Europe is still family. Just look at all those F-35s chasing Russian drones.
3. Not all about the Middle East
The strategy aims to prevent any hostile power – including China – from dominating the Middle East’s resources and chokepoints. But “the days of the Middle East dominating U.S. foreign policy, both in long-term planning and day-to-day implementation, are thankfully over,” the strategy says.
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I have to agree. The honor goes to the American B-2 bombers that destroyed Iran’s nuclear sites.
4. America remains on top
The good news is that “we need to go from our current $30 trillion economy by 2025 to $40 trillion by the 2030s,” the strategy says. That is, if we keep our AI technology and energy dominance ahead of China — and “halt and reverse the continued damage foreign actors are inflicting on the U.S. economy.” So there is the basis for Trump’s green light on the sale of third-tier NVIDIA AI chips to China. Global market share is important.
Space policy is the biggest mistake
I’m disappointed. You would never know that China is racing to control the moon, trap satellites in low Earth orbit and exercise attack options in space.
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Trump’s team has yet to outline a vision for space — surprising, considering he created the US Space Force during his first term.
Trump owes Americans a plan to protect space, which is essential to the American economy and prosperity. National security depends on it.
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