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White House Security Strategy Pivots to 'America First' as Congress Mounts Counterweight

European leaders call it interference, citing softer language on Russia plus backing for nationalist parties.

Overview

  • The 33-page National Security Strategy prioritizes the Western Hemisphere and economic security, urges Europe to assume far greater defense responsibility, and rejects NATO as a perpetually expanding alliance.
  • An unpublished longer draft reviewed by Defense One calls for cultivating like-minded European movements and proposes a new Core 5 summit format with the U.S., China, Russia, India, and Japan.
  • The document minimizes Russia as a direct U.S. threat, emphasizes pursuing strategic stability with Moscow, and drew public approval from Kremlin officials.
  • The strategy dismisses mainstream climate policy, stating it rejects “climate change” and “Net Zero” ideologies it says harm Europe and subsidize U.S. adversaries.
  • In parallel, a sweeping NDAA advances in Congress to lock in European posture and oversight, including a 76,000-troop floor, limits on equipment withdrawals, and new intelligence tasks on RussiaChina cooperation.