Overview
- The document declares a 'Trump Corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine and orders a readjustment of U.S. military posture toward the Americas, including larger Coast Guard and Navy patrols, targeted deployments, and, where necessary, the use of lethal force against cartels, reflected in a recent regional build-up and lethal boat strikes.
- Mass migration is elevated as a central national security threat, with the strategy stating that the era of mass migration must end.
- Europe is portrayed as facing economic decline and potential 'civilizational erasure,' with plans to 'cultivate resistance' within allied countries and to curb NATO's perpetual expansion, drawing immediate condemnation from European figures.
- The paper says it is a core U.S. interest to negotiate an expeditious cessation of hostilities in Ukraine to reestablish strategic stability with Russia.
- China is framed as a top economic competitor, with calls to rebalance trade relations and to deter conflict over Taiwan by preserving U.S. and allied military overmatch.