Last Thursday, Trump and pals threw NATO under the bus.

In a stunning reversal of U.S. policy that has kept European nations relatively safe from Soviet aggression for 80 years, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.

In her December 5 Letter, Heather Cox Richardson outlines the shocking details. The U.S. will back away from institutions like the United Nations and NATO because they undermine “the character of our nation.” Completely missing is any suggestion that Russia is a country of concern to the U.S., a dramatic change from past NSS documents. In place of a rules-based international order and a shared responsibility to defend allies, the NSS commits the U.S. to a world divided into spheres of interest by dominant countries.

The document rejects immigration, climate change, and “Net Zero” ideologies which it claims “have so greatly harmed Europe.” It calls for a restoration of “American spiritual and cultural health,” “an America that cherishes its past glories and its heroes,” and “growing numbers of strong, traditional families that raise healthy children.”

The NSS also claims U.S. dominance of the Western Hemisphere and endorses a “closer collaboration between the U.S. Government and the American private sector.” This lays the groundwork for American businesses to take over Latin America and, perhaps, Canada, using the “powerful tools” the U.S Government has available.

Richardson concludes “Walking away from the U.S.-led international systems that reinforce the principles of national self-determination and have kept the world relatively safe since World War II, the Trump administration is embracing the old idea of spheres of influence in which less powerful countries are controlled by great powers, a system in place before World War II, and favored now by Russia’s president Vladimir Putin…”

Observers have nicknamed the National Security Council Report “NSC 88” and noted that it could have been written in just 14 words. “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children,“ the slogan created by white supremacist David Eden Lane and inspired by Adolf Hitler.

Art credit: Robert Reich

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-5-2025