The National Security Strategy rightly points out that it would be contrary to American interests for the U.S. to align with countries that repudiate their common heritage and once common values. From Simplicius at simplicius76.substack.com:
The US has released a new National Security Strategy which re-envisions the Monroe Doctrine for a new century. Bernhard at MoA covered it in full here for those interested in the thorough details. I’ll instead look at the bigger picture, as well as one specific, fascinating aspect of this major rethink of US foreign policy.
NYT’s subheading reframes the new vision as a hatred for Europe:
A new White House policy document formalizes President Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads.
Well, why wouldn’t Trump hate the new Europe? It’s a continent that has turned its back on civil liberties, the principles for which America itself was supposed to stand first and foremost.
It accused the European Union of stifling “political liberty,” warned that some NATO members risked becoming “majority non-European,” and said the U.S. should align with “patriotic European parties” — code for Europe’s far-right movements.
Most interesting in the above is the mention of one particular aspect of Trump’s new document, which essentially reframes US’s waning support for Europe as a backlash against Europe’s continued policy of erasure of its own peoples and cultures.
