A new U.S. National Security Strategy from the Trump administration warns that Europe faces "civilisational erasure" and may lose its status as a reliable American ally, drawing sharp criticism from Europeans who likened its rhetoric to that of the Kremlin. The document, posted on the White House website, condemns the EU as anti-democratic and states the U.S. aim is "to help Europe correct its current trajectory," accusing European governments of subverting democracy to ignore public demand for peace in Ukraine.
It further states that within decades, "certain NATO members will become majority non-European," questioning whether such future members would value the alliance as its founders did. The EU declined to comment, and serving leaders remained mostly silent, but former officials expressed shock at the openly hostile tone.
'SOME BIZARRE MINDS OF THE KREMLIN'
Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt said the language is otherwise only found "coming out of some bizarre minds of the Kremlin," calling the document "to the right of the extreme right in Europe" and "bizarre" for singling out Europe as a democratic threat. Former Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins said Russia would be the "happiest country" reading it, noting the U.S. itself had become the "greatest disruptor" of the transatlantic bond.
An anonymous European diplomat said the tone was worse than Vice President JD Vance's hostile Munich speech in February. The strategy echoes and appears to praise European far-right parties, saying their growing influence gives "cause for great optimism." Nathalie Tocci of Italy's Istituto Affari Internazionali said this shows the administration is "in the business of tearing Europe apart by supporting far right nationalists backed by Russia."
The strategy document, which includes a foreword by Trump calling it a "roadmap" for American greatness, accuses the EU of undermining liberty, censoring speech, and suppressing opposition. European leaders, while angered by Washington's tone, still heavily rely on U.S. military support as they rebuild their defenses against Russia.
It asserts a U.S. interest in a quick Ukraine peace deal and re-establishing "strategic stability" with Russia, released as a stalled U.S. peace initiative endorses Moscow's main war demands. The document concludes, "A large European majority wants peace, yet that desire is not translated into policy, in large measure because of those (European) governments' subversion of democratic processes
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Source: REUTERS
