The Trump administration’s latest National Security Strategy (NSS) has sharply criticized Europe’s current political direction, warning that the continent is at risk of “wiping out civilization” unless it reverses course and restores basic freedoms and economic strength.
The document, signed by President Donald Trump and published Friday (December 5) on the White House website, expresses concerns about Europe’s domestic policies and implications for the future of NATO.
Europe “must change course”, says NSS
The strategic document brings unprecedented criticism of European environmental rules, migration frameworks and restrictions on freedom of speech.
“We want Europe to remain European, to regain its civilizational self-confidence and abandon its failed focus on regulatory strangulation,” the report said.
The document argues that current trends could make Europe “unrecognizable” within two decades and weaken the continent’s reliability as a US ally.
Criticism of EU policies and democratic restrictions
NSS accuses the European Union and other transnational bodies of undermining basic democratic principles.
“Continental Europe is losing its share of global GDP… but this economic decline is overshadowed by the real and starker prospect of civilizational obliteration,” he warns.
According to the strategy set, Europe’s challenges include:
-Anti-democratic censorship and restriction of speech
– Migration policy “transforming the continent”
-Loss of national identity and self-confidence
“We will oppose elite, anti-democratic restrictions on basic freedoms in Europe, the Anglosphere and the rest of the democratic world,” the document reads.
An attack on “climate” and “zero purity” policies.
The Trump administration is taking direct aim at Europe’s climate agenda, calling it harmful and strategically dangerous.
“We reject the disastrous ‘climate change’ and ‘net zero’ ideologies that have so badly damaged Europe, threaten the United States and subsidize our adversaries,” the NSS states.
Concerns about the future of NATO
The report warns that demographic and political shifts could weaken NATO from within.
“It is more than likely that some NATO members will become a ‘non-European majority’ within a few decades,” it said. “It’s an open question whether they would see the alliance the same way.”
The document argues that Europe’s internal crises threaten its military preparedness:
“It is far from clear whether some European countries will have strong enough economies and militaries to remain reliable allies.”
It also calls for an end to the notion of NATO as an “ever-expanding alliance”, a reference to the suspended membership applications of Ukraine and Georgia.
A call for “resistance” within Europe
The Trump administration is outlining a controversial strategy to directly influence European politics.
The NSS suggests “cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations” and partnering with “united countries that want to restore their former greatness”.
“Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory,” the document says.
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Ukraine War: Push for a Quick Settlement
The strategy report calls for a swift negotiated outcome to the war in Ukraine and criticizes European leaders for what it describes as unrealistic expectations.
The NSS says the US is trying to “restore strategic stability with Russia” and that European governments have “trampled on the basic principles of democracy” to silence dissent on the war.
“The vast majority of Europe wants peace, but this desire does not translate into politics,” he says.
US “sentimentally attached” to Europe
Despite the harsh criticism of the NSS, it emphasizes the deep cultural ties of the United States to Europe.
The US remains “sentimentally attached” to European countries, including Britain and Ireland, the document says, adding that “the character of these countries is also strategically important”.
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