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White House Strategy Rebukes Europe, Opposes NATO Expansion, Shifts Focus to the Americas

The newly released U.S. National Security Strategy signals a Western Hemisphere pivot with sharp new conditions for European allies.

The White House is seen on March 9, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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US President Donald Trump gestures before a signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2025. Trump on Thursday brings the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo together to endorse a deal that Trump has hailed as his latest peace triumph despite ongoing violence on the ground. Trump hopes the agreement will pave the way for the United States to gain access to critical minerals in the eastern DRC, a violence-torn region home to many of the key ingredients in modern technologies such as electric cars. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • The 33-page document, posted on the White House website, warns Europe faces "civilizational erasure" and questions the long-term reliability of some allies.
  • It blames EU institutions, migration policies, and restrictions on speech for Europe’s trajectory, and says some NATO members could become "majority non-European" within decades.
  • The strategy calls for "cultivating resistance" inside European countries and praises the rise of "patriotic" parties, drawing immediate criticism from European officials and commentators.
  • An asserted "Trump Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine prioritizes deployments and maritime operations in the Western Hemisphere, with reporting of at least 23 drug-boat destructions and 87 deaths already prompting legal scrutiny.
  • The paper seeks to end the perception of perpetual NATO enlargement, prioritizes a negotiated end to the Ukraine war to restore strategic stability with Russia, and reframes competition with China around economic measures while maintaining deterrence over Taiwan.