Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ The new US National Security Strategy blames 'undemocratic' European governments for failing to make peace with Russia, takes a pro-Russian position on NATO, reflects white nationalist views on European demographics, and pledges overt support for far-right parties. ⬇️

2/ While the strategy states that "it is a core interest of the United States to negotiate an expeditious cessation of hostilities in Ukraine", it says that "the Trump Administration finds itself at odds with European officials who hold unrealistic expectations for the war…

3/ …perched in unstable minority governments, many of which trample on basic principles of democracy to suppress opposition."

(This is likely a reference to European regulation of social media and the 2024 annulment of the Romanian election due to Russian interference.)

4/ The strategy blames European governments for failing to make peace with Russia, but does not mention the strongly pro-Ukrainian sentiment across European populations in virtually every country other than Hungary and Italy:

5/ "A large European majority wants peace, yet that desire is not translated into policy, in large measure because of those governments’ subversion of democratic processes."

The strategy explicitly praises the rise of far-right "patriotic" parties allied with the US Republicans:

6/ "America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit, and the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism."

7/ The influence of white nationalism is also reflected in this paragraph, which alludes to the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory:

"Over the long term, it is more than plausible that within a few decades at the latest, certain NATO members will become majority non-European."

8/ "As such, it is an open question whether they will view their place in the world, or their alliance with the United States, in the same way as those who signed the NATO charter."

9/ The strategy places the US on the side of far-right white nationalist forces, saying that it wants "Europe to remain European, to regain its civilizational self-confidence, and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation."

10/ Among the priorities it lists are "Cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations," which strongly suggests overt US support and assistance for far-right parties such as the AfD in Germany, National Rally in France, and Reform UK.

11/ Another priority is taken straight from the Kremlin's worldview: "Ending the perception, and preventing the reality, of NATO as a perpetually expanding alliance." This is bad news for Ukraine but also for the Western Balkan countries which have applied for membership.

12/ Overall, it's very clear that the strategy reflects J.D. Vance's views, as expressed in his 14 February 2025 speech at the Munich Security Conference in which he argued that Europe’s principal threat is from the erosion of democratic norms rather than Russia or China. /end

Source:
whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…