President Donald Trump released a new National Security Strategy on Friday that revives the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine, declaring the Western Hemisphere a zone of American preeminence while issuing stark warnings to Europe about "civilizational erasure" driven by migration and declining birthrates.
The 29-page document outlines a vision of "flexible realism" centered on America First principles, placing the restoration of U.S. dominance in Latin America and the Caribbean at the top of foreign policy priorities.
It introduces a "Trump Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine and signals that an ongoing military buildup in the region, including more than 10,000 troops, an aircraft carrier, warships, and fighter jets, will be permanent.
The strategy accuses mass migration of straining resources, increasing crime, and undermining national security worldwide while criticizing past U.S. elites for embracing globalization and free trade that hollowed out the American middle class.
It frames growing Chinese economic influence in Latin America as a direct challenge and pledges to counter it through political, economic, and military means.
Recent U.S. troop deployments to the Caribbean and threats of land strikes against drug cartels in Venezuela and elsewhere are presented as part of a long-term restoration of American power rather than temporary measures.
The document takes a sharply critical tone toward traditional European allies, warning that continued trends in migration, low birthrates, censorship, and loss of national identity could render the continent "unrecognizable in 20 years or less" and lead some NATO members to become majority non-European within decades.
It accuses certain European governments of subverting democracy and undermining peace efforts in Ukraine while calling for Europe to assume the majority of NATO's conventional defense responsibilities.
The administration expresses interest in a quick resolution to the Ukraine conflict and restoring strategic stability with Russia, while suggesting the U.S. may reassess its postwar commitment to the continent if current paths persist.
On China, the strategy prioritizes deterrence over Taiwan and the South China Sea through military overmatch while rejecting decades of economic engagement as a failure that enriched Beijing at America's expense.