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"Donald Trump’s administration has said Europe faces “civilisational erasure”
within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration,
arguing in a policy document that the US must “cultivate resistance” within the
continent to “Europe’s current trajectory”.
Billed as “a roadmap to ensure America remains the greatest and most successful
nation in human history and the home of freedom on earth”, the US
National
Security Strategy makes explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s nationalist
far-right parties.
The document, with a signed introduction by Trump, says Europe is in economic
decline but its “real problems are even deeper”, including “activities of the
EU that undermine political liberty and sovereignty, migration policies that
are transforming the continent, censorship of free speech and suppression of
political opposition … and loss of national identities”.
The 33-page exposition of Trump’s “America First” worldview appears to espouse
the racist “great replacement” conspiracy theory, saying several countries risk
becoming “majority non-European” and Europe faces “the real and stark prospect
of civilisational erasure”. It adds: “Should present trends continue, the
continent will be unrecognisable in 20 years or less.”
US policies must therefore include “cultivating resistance to Europe’s current
trajectory within European nations” as well as enabling Europe to “take primary
responsibility for its own defence” and “opening European markets to US goods
and services”.
Responding to the strategy document on Friday, Germany’s foreign minister,
Johann Wadephul, said the US remained a vital ally on security but “questions
of freedom of expression or the organisation of our free societies” did not
fall into that category.
“We see ourselves as being able to discuss and debate these matters entirely on
our own in the future, and do not need outside advice,” he said.
The policy document, released by the White House late on Thursday, underscores
the Trump administration’s clear alignment with Europe’s far-right nationalist
parties, whose policies centre on attacking supposed EU overreach and excessive
non-EU migration."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
