WSJ slams the new US national security strategy

From UNIAN:

"Trump's new national security strategy will upset US allies but delight China and Russia, according to the WSJ 

Karina Bovsunovskaya, 12/09/25 

Instead of outlining real threats, Trump's strategy is to lash out at allies.

During his first term, US President Donald Trump outlined a national security strategy that acknowledged the existence of a new world of great-power competition. However, the new strategy unveiled by the American leader last week is a clear departure from this competition, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

As the publication notes, this strategy will please China and Russia, but will upset US allies...

"Most importantly, the strategy prioritizes the Western Hemisphere, downplaying the rest of the world. This makes geographic sense, but not strategically, since the greatest threats to US security are not Brazil, Colombia, or even Cuba. The strategy usefully emphasizes the importance of eliminating malign interests from the hemisphere, although it doesn't mention Russia, China, or Cuba as such influences. It also points out that migration and drugs are the two most serious threats to America," the article adds.

The publication believes that the greatest threat to the United States is a country on the other side of the Pacific Ocean that has tripled its nuclear arsenal in five years: China. However, the document describes trade as the "most important stake" in the Pacific region, and views trade imbalances as a greater threat to US prosperity than Beijing's military buildup.

"China is also the main sponsor of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, and it is precisely against Russia that the strategy loses its effectiveness. The document advocates 'strategic stability' with a state that has invaded Eastern Europe and is using nuclear blackmail against the US and NATO. Congratulations on making it more difficult to end the war in Ukraine. Putin uses this strategy as proof that NATO expansion and European degradation justify his imperialism," the publication noted.

At the same time, this strategy attacks America's friends across the Atlantic. As the WSJ points out, the Trump administration is right about Europe's declining self-confidence and decades of ignoring hard power. However, the US president is also lecturing Europe about freedom of speech, emphasizing that we should ignore how the world's dictatorships govern themselves.

"The strategy is riddled with other contradictions. It offers a shortened (and false) story of US decline before Trump's presidency, while simultaneously claiming the US has the best economy in the world. It argues that we should unite allies in a joint effort to counter Chinese mercantilism, but it welcomes the imposition of tariffs on these allies, which reduces the likelihood of their trust in the US," the publication adds.

The WSJ emphasizes that one can be sure that America's enemies are reading this document and see a country consumed by internal conflicts and unwilling to honestly acknowledge the real threats posed by China and Russia. 

"Americans elected Trump in 2016 in part because they disliked Barack Obama's naiveté about our adversaries and his retreat from U.S. leadership. The mystery is why Trump is reviving much of this failed grand strategy in his second term," the article concluded."