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ADDED DOCUMENT — National Security Strategy of the United States of America November 2025 — https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf?
The big hits kept coming. I doubt any of Trump’s adversaries have a full concept of everything in the pipeline at this point. Time ran a story about the latest blockbuster yesterday, headlined, “Trump’s National Security Strategy Sparks European Backlash Over ‘Far-Right’ Rhetoric.” They really hate this one. Domestic media intentionally ignored it, but foreign media exploded.
Yesterday, President Trump published one of the most remarkable National Security Statements (NSS) in the modern era. The fact that he published one was unremarkable. NSS’s are military/political white papers, and every Administration publishes at least one, sometimes two or three, and some never shut up about it.
But Trump’s NSS —his first— was different. For one thing, Trump’s version ripped Europe a new excretory aperture. We’ll return to that shortly.
The NSS began with a clarion mission statement that was music to MAGA ears: “This document is a roadmap to ensure that America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history,” President Trump wrote in the foreword. “In the years ahead, we will continue to develop every dimension of our national strength—and we will make America safer, richer, freer, greater, and more powerful than ever before.”
That short introduction described exactly what we voted for. Naturally, it made Democrats madder than a wet mule chewing on bumblebees.
Next, the NSS identified the general problem, laying it at the feet of the elite experts who got us into this mess. You could not ask for a better written, more succinct description of the dire peril posed by progressives chasing globalist priorities:
Our elites badly miscalculated America’s willingness to shoulder forever global burdens to which the American people saw no connection to the national interest. They overestimated America’s ability to fund, simultaneously, a massive welfare-regulatory-administrative state alongside a massive military, diplomatic, intelligence, and foreign aid complex.
They placed hugely misguided and destructive bets on globalism and so-called “free trade” that hollowed out the very middle class and industrial base on which American economic and military preeminence depend.
They allowed allies and partners to offload the cost of their defense onto the American people, and sometimes to suck us into conflicts and controversies central to their interests but peripheral or irrelevant to our own. And they lashed American policy to a network of international institutions, some of which are driven by outright anti-Americanism and many by a transnationalism that explicitly seeks to dissolve individual state sovereignty.
In sum, not only did our elites pursue a fundamentally undesirable and impossible goal, in doing so they undermined the very means necessary to achieve that goal: the character of our nation upon which its power, wealth, and decency were built.
Then it outlined a framework to correct those problems. If I had space, I would post the NSS’s full pages 3-4, titled, “What Do We Want Overall?” Here’s just the very first, short, beautiful paragraph:
First and foremost, we want the continued survival and safety of the United States as an independent, sovereign republic whose government secures the God-given natural rights of its citizens and prioritizes their well-being and interests.
You can’t beat that single-sentence summary.
It described not just foreign policy but also connected global concerns to core domestic objectives. “We want the world’s strongest, most dynamic, most innovative, and most advanced economy,” it said, as well as “the world’s most robust industrial base.” Plus, “We want to remain the world’s most scientifically and technologically advanced and innovative country.” And “Finally, we want the restoration and reinvigoration of American spiritual and cultural health, without which long-term security is impossible.”
Sign me up. It all sounded great, to me. And so you might naturally wonder how all of this uncontroversial goodness could upset anyone.
In the span of 48 hours, critics have excoriated the NSS as “stunning,” “bizarre,” “extreme,” and “something out of the deranged minds in the Kremlin.” To give you a taste of how it went over with the globalist elite, while he was reading the NSS, former French Ambassador Gérard Aruaud nearly choked on his croissant:
Specifically, they were outraged that the NSS warned that Europe faces the “prospect of civilizational erasure,” citing migration, censorship and speech restrictions, suppression of political opponents, cratering birthrates, loss of national identity, low self-confidence, dermatitis, and an annoying habit of dipping into America’s wallet whenever they need a snack.
“Should present trends continue,” the NSS soberly warned, Western Europe “will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less. As such, it is far from obvious whether certain European countries will have economies and militaries strong enough to remain reliable allies.” Ouch.
It further angered progressives when it said the U.S. should actively help improve Europe’s political and social trajectory by supporting its “patriotic European parties,” which “give great cause for optimism.” It referred, of course, to groups that corporate media call “Hitlerian” and that Brussels keeps banning for far-rightedness.
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But the worst news of all came when the NSS scolded Europeans, advising them to realize that their Ukrainian ambitions are “unrealistic,” to stop planning a war they can’t possibly win with Russia, to start rebuilding their own countries, and for the love of mustard to quit embracing dictators wearing green sweats.
“Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory,” it summarized primly. Imagine how a teenager must feel when the principal says the school will help him correct his current trajectory.
But most of all, President Trump’s NSS said we should mind our own backyard.
? It’s official; the NSS explicitly called for reviving the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, but with upgrades. As a reminder, Monroe was the original America-firster. He argued the US was fully entitled to protect and safeguard our whole hemisphere —pole to pole, South and North America— from European and Asian meddling. Similarly, the NSS vowed that the U.S. will “deny non-Hemispheric competitors the ability to position forces or other threatening capabilities, or to own or control strategically vital assets, in our Hemisphere.”
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Democrats hate this because it smacks of meddling in other countries’ business. Why shouldn’t Venezuela work with China if it wants to? How is that our business? Forever wars are fine in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Just don’t police countries on this side of the pond.
Anyway, the NSS described this part of its security strategy as the “’Trump Corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine.” In 1823, Monroe wasn’t worried about threats from China so much as European meddling. But the world is different now. Europe is an incoherent but dangerous mess. And, with major South American countries like Brazil cozying up to Russian and Chinese development deals and financial blocs (like BRICS), Trump’s tweaked corollary brings the Monroe Doctrine current.
Unsurprisingly, the NSS described plans to enlist willing regional partners —including both countries aligned with U.S. “principles and strategy” and those with different values but shared common interests— to help “control migration, stop drug flows, and strengthen stability and security on land and sea.”
Again, in true “America First” fashion, the NSS’s foreign policies were aimed squarely at domestic priorities. Which is why they must be destroyed.
There’s much more. The NSS clocks in at around 30 pages, but it is worth a read if geopolitics interests you. It’s also a terrific resource for middle-school or high-school kids. The table of contents is simple and straightforward, and it’s all written in plain English and not the usual bureaucratic babble
As I said before, these types of foreign-policy white papers are a dime-a-dozen, and typically unmemorable and uncontroversial, even if nobody agrees with them. The Cabbage published his lone submission in 2022, and who now remembers any of Biden’s silly plans to win the war in Ukraine and rescue the planet from climate change?
But Trump’s plan is less than 48 hours old, and already the whole world is chattering about it. It’s not that the plan itself threatens anybody; talk is cheap, after all.
The angst stems from elites’ growing worry that Trump can actually pull it off.
The NSS arrived amidst an organized effort to overthrow War Secretary Pete Hegseth, using a jumped-up scandal that most Americans can’t understand beyond soundbites. The Navy tried to kill some narco-terrorists; it got all but two on the first strike, then within minutes fired another missile to finish the job. Now Democrats act outraged, a hypocritical, fake fury that completely ignores Obama’s “double-tap” policy, which was intentionally designed to kill unarmed firemen, paramedics, and wedding guests.
Whatever.
I will leave you with this thought: the timing. Trump’s NSS arrived at a significant inflection point, with the Ukraine war heading into its final lap around the track, the Venezuelan issue emerging into the foreground, the midterm season beginning in earnest, and with the Swamp having been drained to a point where the Administration can finally start to navigate the federal government without being eaten by crocodiles.
In other words, it looks like everything is going according to plan. Next year is shaping up to be even more exciting than 2025. Please ensure that your safety belts remain fastened at all times while the ride is in motion.
GREAT piece of work. Clear, straightforward and easy to understand.
Now, just like the looooooooong wait for Blondi to actually DO what was PROMISED, the same thing applies here. Talk is cheap. Let’s see some fucking ACTION.
If I was to read this with a keen eye, I’d be expecting an end to NATO as the USA withdraws both financially AND physically. Aligns perfectly with this NSS.
But then, I expected a lot from Blondi, too. NOT. Always thought she was a solid democrat RINO, not worth a walk in the park. I expect the same toothlessness will apply here…until shown otherwise. Trump’s team has a helluva time following through: J6ers still in jail, no one charged for the planned J6 scam, no one thrown in jail for treason, lying to congress, Tina Peters still in jail, FBI is still in biz, as is the corrupt-beyond-belief CIA, nothing to protect elections, congress doesn’t do shit, etc etc etc. There is a lot of noise, but not much follow-through.
If Trump doesn’t want this kind of a reaction, maybe he shouldn’t shoot his mouth off so often.
“If Trump doesn’t want this kind of a reaction, maybe he shouldn’t shoot his mouth off so often.”
He’s in sales. He depends on others to get the job done.
My reaction to the NSS is that I see this as an open admission that the USA is not only FACING the end of EMPIRE, but Trump is clear eyed enough to do something about it, with a sense of realism and history.
He is pulling the USA back to Defensible Boundaries.
Out of Afghanistan. Out of Ukraine. Out of Paris Treaty. Probably out of Taiwan (but China has to get Taiwan to go voluntarily).
And certainly out of The City of London confab. Next, yes, turning NATO into a skeleton.
Someone should probably ask him if he ever played RISK as a kid.
America’s New National Security Strategy: A Surprise Departure On China Policy
In a big development, the final US National Security Strategy was just published and the refocus on the Western Hemisphere (i.e. the Americas) is confirmed. The document clearly establishes this as the US’s number one priority, saying that the US will now “assert and enforce a ‘Trump Corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine.”
In terms of military presence, they write that this means “a readjustment of our global military presence to address urgent threats in our Hemisphere, and away from theaters whose relative import to American national security has declined in recent decades or years.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/new-national-security-strategy-surprise-departure-americas-china-policy
NOTE — some interesting observations on China included in this article
Russia Stands “Shoulder To Shoulder” With Venezuela, Blasts US War Footing
the desire to assert the unquestioning dominance of the US in the region… is a trademark of the Trump administration.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-stands-shoulder-shoulder-venezuela-blasts-us-escalation-toward-conflict
Washington’s New National Security Strategy Details How Trump 2.0 Will Respond To Multipolarity
The grand strategic goal is to restore the US’ central role in the global system, but if that’s not possible… then Plan B is to retreat to the Western Hemisphere…
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/washingtons-new-national-security-strategy-details-how-trump-20-will-respond
Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia’s view
The Kremlin on Sunday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy and said it largely accorded with Russia’s own perceptions, the first time that Moscow has so fulsomely praised such a document from its former Cold War foe.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/kremlin-says-new-us-security-strategy-accords-largely-with-russia-s-view/ar-AA1RSVlM?
COVID & COFFEE added these comments in their Monday edition – 12/08/25
On Friday, President Trump published the main event— an astonishing National Security Strategy (NSS) that instantly became the weekend subject of massive media coverage, podcasts, YouTube videos, and social media chatter amongst all the geopolitical élites. For instance, the excellent independent analyst Alexander Mercuris described widespread “alarm, panic, and depression” across Europe thanks to Trump’s NSS.
I wrote about this remarkable document at more length yesterday, and I encourage you to read the whole thing. It’s about 30 pages long, but if you start, I bet you’ll have trouble stopping. I’ve never seen a government document quite like it. It’s easy-to-read, well-organized, uses engaging lay English, and includes a preamble personally penned by President Trump.
There’s much that could be said about the NSS and its incredibly encouraging and optimistic description of the national way forward, both in terms of foreign and domestic policy. The table of contents included an entry for each world region: Asia, South America, the Middle East, and so on.
But the viciously critical section about Europe stood apart.
Europe, it said, is suffering “economic decline,” “cratering birthrates,” self-destructive “migration policies,” “low self-esteem,” and faces “civilizational decline.” Astonishingly, the NSS questioned the very viability of America’s continuing alliance with Europe. “As such,” the NSS concluded, “it is far from obvious whether certain European countries will soon have economies and militaries strong enough to remain reliable allies.”
It was kind of like when your girlfriend remarks in front of your entire family at Thanksgiving dinner that she’s not sure whether this relationship is going anywhere. At minumum, it’s a red flag.
For this morning’s purposes, a single sentence from the NSS must have filled European leaders with terror and dread:
It is a core interest of the United States to negotiate an expeditious cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, in order to stabilize European economies, prevent unintended escalation or expansion of the war, and reestablish strategic stability with Russia, as well as to enable the post-hostilities reconstruction of Ukraine to enable its survival as a viable state.
In other words, the whole world now knows that it is a core US and Ukrainian interest to end the war in Ukraine as fast as possible. That’s not good news for the Western Europeans, whose core interest is to extend the war as long as possible. By publicly confirming in writing that we need to end the war as quickly as possible, by merely saying so, it concedes cascades of notional leverage, which infuriated diplomats in Brussels who prefer to play a long game with Moscow.
Trust me, that was the least important comment in the NSS. (Like I said, read the whole thing.) But that “core interest” remark was critical for this particular moment in time.