NATO is appalled by Trump’s national security document

According to Isna, the American publication points out in a new report that the new “national security strategy” of the “Donald Trump” administration has met with completely different reactions in Moscow and European capitals. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed the document and called its changes “largely in line with Russia’s point of view,” while European officials interpreted it as a plan to marginalize the European Union, strengthen “patriotic” nationalist parties, and downplay Russia’s threat to Europe.

The American publication “National Security Journal” writes that Peskov described the document as a “positive step”, although he stressed that Moscow is still studying it carefully before any final conclusion. According to this report, the 33-page document published by the White House describes Europe on the verge of “civilizational extinction” and does not consider Russia to be a direct threat to the United States. The priorities set out in the document include countering foreign influence, ending massive waves of immigration and rejecting policies in the EU and UK that are seen as “censorship” by Washington.

This report then deals with the critical reaction of the Canadian “Palsey” magazine, which emphasizes that the new document accuses the European Union and other transnational institutions of undermining “political freedom” and “national sovereignty”. This publication also mentions that “J. D. US Vice President Vance also criticized European leaders at the Munich Security Conference, and after that, in a controversial move, he met with the leader of the right-wing Alternative for Germany party, but he refused to meet with Olaf Schultz, the Prime Minister of Germany at the time. According to this report, the US national security document follows exactly this approach and explicitly declares its support for “patriotic” parties in Europe that are against immigration and support nationalism.

Next, National Security Journal quotes the former Prime Minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt, who writes that America is now moving in a direction that is “even more right than the extreme right of Europe”. According to him and some other European officials, this document shows that Washington actually wants to strengthen the extreme nationalist currents in European countries.

In the section related to NATO, the American publication emphasizes that many of Washington’s allies have “felt offended” in this pact. This year, NATO member European countries agreed to increase their defense budget to 5% of GDP as requested by Washington; The action, according to the report, was done mainly with the aim of maintaining the support of American public opinion, especially Trump’s vote base. In addition, the Europeans and Canada agreed to stop sending weapons to Ukraine at the expense of American taxpayers, and instead purchase and donate American weapons to Ukraine through the “Ukraine Priority List” initiative.

However, the US National Security Journal explains that the Trump administration’s new strategy has criticized even this plan, accusing the European Union of obstructing US efforts to end the war in Ukraine. The document also claims that the US should “restore strategic stability with Russia” so that European economies “reach stability”; A position that, according to the American media, has met with the surprise and dissatisfaction of NATO allies.

In the following, the article mentions the efforts of the European authorities to reduce the tension. “Johann Wadfeul”, the German foreign minister, emphasized that America will remain his country’s “most important ally” in NATO, but issues such as freedom of speech or the way European societies are organized “have no place in this strategy”. Also, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote in a message addressed to “American friends”: “Europe is not a problem for you, it is your closest ally” and mentioned that the two sides have “common enemies”.

In the conclusion, the American publication writes that the new national security strategy of the Trump administration has revealed deep gaps in the alliance between the two sides of the Atlantic; Gaps over values, Ukrainian politics, immigration and NATO’s future horizons. Moscow has expressed satisfaction with this document, but European capitals see it as a sign of America’s distancing from its long-standing commitments and the strengthening of radical nationalist currents in Europe. National Security Journal concludes that this document has “shaken” NATO and could have a decisive impact on the future of European security and the continent’s strategic architecture.

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