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Trump’s NSS Criticized: New Power Group Excludes Europe

12/13/2025

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Michael Anton, Policy Planning Director at State Department, helped shape the National Security Strategy (NSS) for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, departing in 2025.
NSS is criticized for brevity and lack of polish, started by Anton and completed by Stephen Miller.
It proposes a new Core 5 group of major powers, excluding European nations, and disavows American hegemony.
Observers question the NSS's effectiveness and the direction of U.S. foreign policy.

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Michael Anton, Policy Planning Director at State Department, helped shape the National Security Strategy (NSS) for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, departing in 2025.
NSS is criticized for brevity and lack of polish, started by Anton and completed by Stephen Miller.
It proposes a new Core 5 group of major powers, excluding European nations, and disavows American hegemony.
Observers question the NSS's effectiveness and the direction of U.S. foreign policy.