"The strategy outlines a radical shift away from the ethos underpinning the Atlantic alliance, the doctrine that has bound the US to Europe since the second world war. The US, now frames the EU the continent's core political community as a legitimate target for ideological warfare. Its most astonishing pivot is a threat to meddle directly to cultivate resistance in Europe and restore the supposedly lost national sovereignties of the EU's ailing individual nations."
"This is not just the familiar threat to withdraw troops or demand that Europe shells out more money for its own defence. It suggests that the Trump administration wants to help patriotic far-right parties to power, while legitimising racist conspiracy theories. It makes the extraordinary claim that Europe faces the risk of civilisational erasure if non-European immigration is allowed to continue."
Almost half of EU citizens across nine countries view Donald Trump as an enemy of Europe, reflecting widespread concern about Trumpism. The US National Security Strategy signals a radical pivot from traditional Atlantic alliance principles by portraying the EU as a target for ideological warfare. The strategy proposes active meddling to cultivate nationalist resistance and restore perceived lost sovereignties in European nations. It endorses support for patriotic far-right parties and legitimises racist conspiracy theories, while warning of civilisational erasure from continued non-European immigration. European leaders may now confront a US posture that conflicts with defence and democratic cooperation.
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