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Trump's 2025 Strategy Shifts Focus to Western Hemisphere Threats

12/14/2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump issued the 2025 National Security Strategy, shifting focus to the Western Hemisphere and identifying drug cartels and irregular migration as primary threats.
The strategy downplays traditional adversaries such as Russia and China.
It promotes U.S. sovereignty and economic preeminence while pursuing a transactional foreign policy.
Critics say the plan neglects global cooperation and human rights, undermining the transatlantic alliance and alarming European leaders about democracy and security.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump issued the 2025 National Security Strategy, shifting focus to the Western Hemisphere and identifying drug cartels and irregular migration as primary threats.
The strategy downplays traditional adversaries such as Russia and China.
It promotes U.S. sovereignty and economic preeminence while pursuing a transactional foreign policy.
Critics say the plan neglects global cooperation and human rights, undermining the transatlantic alliance and alarming European leaders about democracy and security.