A new US national security strategy has called for “cultivating resistance” in Europe, warning that the continent is subverting democracy, blocking peace in Ukraine and facing “civilisational erasure” from high migration and falling birth rates.
Donald Trump’s first NSS since returning to office blames European officials for thwarting US efforts to end the war in Ukraine and accuses governments of ignoring a “large European majority” who want peace.
The document, which was released in the very early hours of Friday with no notification, underscores the radical reorientation of US foreign policy under Trump and comes as the US president’s demands to end the Ukraine war have sparked fears in European capitals of a pro-Russia bias.