Overview
- The White House posted a new National Security Strategy overnight between Thursday and Friday that criticizes the European Union and says the United States should help Europe correct its current course.
- The document lists grievances over migration policies, restrictions on free expression, heavy regulation, collapsing birth rates, and loss of national identity, themes often voiced by Europe’s far right.
- Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, said the United States remains Europe’s biggest ally and avoided polemics over the strategy’s language.
- She acknowledged that some U.S. criticisms are valid, arguing Europe has underestimated its power vis-à-vis Russia and should act with greater confidence.
- The strategy frames a second-term agenda that seeks to consolidate U.S. global leadership with particular emphasis on Latin America.