Overview
- Released late Thursday, the 29–33 page strategy elevates an America First realignment that shifts U.S. focus from broad global commitments to regional priorities.
- The document asserts a 'Trump Corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine to ensure U.S. preeminence in the Western Hemisphere, aligning with a major military buildup and reported lethal strikes that have destroyed at least 23 alleged drug boats and killed 87 people.
- It delivers unusually blunt criticism of European allies, warning of 'civilisational erasure' and calling for 'cultivating resistance' within European nations, prompting pushback from officials including Germany’s foreign minister.
- The paper calls for negotiating an expeditious end to the Ukraine war to reestablish 'strategic stability' with Russia and urges limiting perceptions of NATO as a perpetually expanding alliance.
- China is framed chiefly as an economic competitor as the U.S. seeks trade reciprocity and critical-mineral access while prioritizing deterrence to avoid conflict over Taiwan, with reduced emphasis on sustained engagements in parts of Africa and the Middle East.