"If you fed a low-rent knockoff version of ChatGPT a diet of Trump Truth Social screeds and X posts from Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, [Trump's NSS document] is what it would spit out. ...
It’s not an overreaction to call this 'soft power suicide,' as Jamie Shea, a former NATO official, told the New York Times."
"Shea said that this would be 'incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets.'”
"Working from the premise that Europe is facing 'civilizational erasure' because of its immigration policies and 'censorship of free speech,' the NSS proposes to focus U.S. relationships with European countries on a few nations with like-minded—right-wing, presumably—current administrations and movements."
"Over the summer, President Trump made headlines when he lamented the expulsion of Russia from the Group of Eight—now the Group of Seven—as a 'very big mistake.' He even suggested that he’d like to see China added to form a 'G9.'
His national security strategy proposes taking this a step further, creating a new body of major powers, one that isn’t hemmed in by the G7’s requirements that the countries be both wealthy and democratically governed."
"The strategy proposes a 'Core 5,' or C5, made up of the U.S., China, Russia, India and Japan—which are several of the countries with more than 100 million people. It would meet regularly, as the G7 does, for summits with specific themes."
"The Trump administration wants to persuade four more countries to leave the European Union to 'Make Europe Great Again', according to reports of a longer, still-classified version of the US national security strategy released last week.
There are also suggestions of creating a new elite C5, or Core Five, forum of world powers to sideline the G7, comprising America, China, India, Japan and Russia."
"The four EU countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details reported by the US defence website Defense One."
"What should have been clear as early as November 2024 should, by now, be abundantly so. This version of the US is worse than simply 'not our friend': it is an actively hostile actor seeking to fracture European society in the same way that Russia sought to fracture British society by promoting Brexit, and US society by fuelling disinformation, Maga and Trump."
Proposals to change US citizenship rules leaves dual citizens like me caught in the crossfire. If push comes to shove, I know where my loyalty lies, says Guardian columnist Alexander Hurst
"Donald Trump hasn’t hidden the fact that he disdains Europe, even to bemoaning that 'Paris is no longer Paris.' But his—and, by extension, America’s—role in sowing discord on the continent seems far greater than what is publicly known."
"That strategy is consistent with Trump’s belief in his prerogative to tell our European allies how they should run their countries. Unsurprisingly, that means urging them to embrace right-wing extremist political parties and white nationalism if they want to avoid what he deceptively calls 'civilizational erasure.' That same person is fine with the desire of Russia’s Vladimir Putin to erase Ukraine’s free society."
The Trump regime is pushing a paranoid new policy that will further discourage international travelers. The reputation of America's aggression is growing.
"This [NSS document] is the 'Great Replacement' theory, applied globally. It is the same might-makes-right worldview of the worst neocons, but in service of the abhorrent principle of segregation instead of democracy, and suggesting a future of American imperialism unmoored from any pretense of a belief in the equality of mankind."
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"If you fed a low-rent knockoff version of ChatGPT a diet of Trump Truth Social screeds and X posts from Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, [Trump's NSS document] is what it would spit out. ...
It’s not an overreaction to call this 'soft power suicide,' as Jamie Shea, a former NATO official, told the New York Times."
~ Lisa Needham
#Trump #NSS #NationalSecurity #Europe #NATO #Russia
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publicnotice.co/p/trump-nation…
We're the baddies now. Our new Security Strategy shows it.
Lisa Needham (Public Notice)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Shea said that this would be 'incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets.'”
#Trump #NSS #NationalSecurity #Europe #NATO #Russia
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Working from the premise that Europe is facing 'civilizational erasure' because of its immigration policies and 'censorship of free speech,' the NSS proposes to focus U.S. relationships with European countries on a few nations with like-minded—right-wing, presumably—current administrations and movements."
~ Meghann Myers
#Trump #NSS #Europe #NATO #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy #TechBros #broligarchy
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defenseone.com/policy/2025/12/…
‘Make Europe Great Again’ and more from a longer version of the National Security Strategy
Meghann Myers (Defense One)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Over the summer, President Trump made headlines when he lamented the expulsion of Russia from the Group of Eight—now the Group of Seven—as a 'very big mistake.' He even suggested that he’d like to see China added to form a 'G9.'
His national security strategy proposes taking this a step further, creating a new body of major powers, one that isn’t hemmed in by the G7’s requirements that the countries be both wealthy and democratically governed."
#Trump #NSS #Europe #NATO #Russia #China
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The strategy proposes a 'Core 5,' or C5, made up of the U.S., China, Russia, India and Japan—which are several of the countries with more than 100 million people. It would meet regularly, as the G7 does, for summits with specific themes."
#Trump #NSS #Europe #NATO #Russia #China
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The Trump administration wants to persuade four more countries to leave the European Union to 'Make Europe Great Again', according to reports of a longer, still-classified version of the US national security strategy released last week.
There are also suggestions of creating a new elite C5, or Core Five, forum of world powers to sideline the G7, comprising America, China, India, Japan and Russia."
~ David Charter
#Trump #NSS #Europe #NATO #Russia #China
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thetimes.com/us/american-polit…
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The four EU countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details reported by the US defence website Defense One."
#Trump #NSS #Europe #NATO #Russia #China #Austria #Hungary #Italy #Poland #Brexit
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"What should have been clear as early as November 2024 should, by now, be abundantly so. This version of the US is worse than simply 'not our friend': it is an actively hostile actor seeking to fracture European society in the same way that Russia sought to fracture British society by promoting Brexit, and US society by fuelling disinformation, Maga and Trump."
~ Alexander Hurst
#Trump #NSS #Europe #NATO #Russia #China #Brexit
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theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
If the US forces me to choose between my two nationalities, I choose France – and Europe
Alexander Hurst (The Guardian)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Donald Trump hasn’t hidden the fact that he disdains Europe, even to bemoaning that 'Paris is no longer Paris.' But his—and, by extension, America’s—role in sowing discord on the continent seems far greater than what is publicly known."
~ Bulwark
#Trump #NSS #Europe #NATO #Russia #China #Brexit
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thebulwark.com/p/trumps-hand-p…
Trump’s Hand-Picked RNC Chair Predicts Doom
Andrew Egger (The Bulwark)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"That strategy is consistent with Trump’s belief in his prerogative to tell our European allies how they should run their countries. Unsurprisingly, that means urging them to embrace right-wing extremist political parties and white nationalism if they want to avoid what he deceptively calls 'civilizational erasure.' That same person is fine with the desire of Russia’s Vladimir Putin to erase Ukraine’s free society."
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #NSS #Europe #Russia
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americaamerica.news/p/come-to-…
Come to Trump's America...If You Dare
Steven Beschloss (America, America)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"This [NSS document] is the 'Great Replacement' theory, applied globally. It is the same might-makes-right worldview of the worst neocons, but in service of the abhorrent principle of segregation instead of democracy, and suggesting a future of American imperialism unmoored from any pretense of a belief in the equality of mankind."
#Trump #NSS #Europe #NATO #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy #TechBros #broligarchy
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