Trump to unveil ‘America First’ national security strategy
washington — President Donald Trump is outlining a new national security strategy that refocuses the United States’ relationship with the rest of the world, essentially implementing Trump’s “America First” mantra on a global scale.
It envisions nations in constant competition, reverses Obama-era warnings on climate change, and affirms that the United States will unilaterally defend its sovereignty, even if that means risking existing agreements with other countries that have dominated the United States’ foreign policy since the Cold War.
The Republican president, who ran on a platform of ‘America First,’ was to detail his plan later on Monday, one that if fully implemented could sharply alter US international relationships. The plan, according to senior administration officials who offered a preview on Sunday, is to focus on four main themes: protecting
70 pages document says that us economic security is national security and that economic security must be ensured with military might
the homeland; promoting American prosperity; demonstrating peace through strength; and advancing American influence in an ever-competitive world.
Trump’s doctrine holds that states are in perpetual competition and that the US must fight on all fronts to protect and defend its sovereignty from friend and foe alike. While the administration often says that “America First” does not mean “America Alone,” the national security strategy of Trump will make clear that the United States will stand up for itself even if that means acting unilaterally or alienating others on issues like trade, climate change and immigration, according to people familiar with the strategy.
The last such strategy document, prepared by then-President Barack Obama in 2015, declared climate change an “urgent and growing threat to our national security.”
Despite the risk of potential isolation presented by Trump’s strategy, its fundamentals are not a surprise. The Associated Press last week reviewed excerpts of a late draft of the roughly 70-page document and spoke to two people familiar with it. The draft emphasises that US economic security is national security and that economic security must be ensured with military might. —