Donald Trump warns Europe they face ‘civilizational erasure’ inside 20 years
Donald Trump has warned the EU over migration and told them they face the “prospect of civilizational erasure” within the next 20 years.
Trump made these claims in the new U.S. National Security Strategy, which highlights his America First plans and how they need to work with Europe, Africa, Middle East and more.
In the 33-page document, Trump and his administration say in the Europe section: “But this economic decline is eclipsed by the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure.
The larger issues facing Europe include activities of the European Union and other transnational bodies that undermine political liberty and sovereignty, migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife, censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, cratering birth rates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence.
“Should present trends continue, the continent will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less.”
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Trump told Americans that “no administration in history has achieved so dramatic of a turnaround in so short a time”, before delivering his policy to further “restore America’s strength”.
The document details how he will continue putting America first with ten key principles.
These include:
- Focused Definition of the National Interest
- Peace Through Strength
- Predisposition to Non-Interventionism
- Flexible Realism
- Primacy of Nations
- Sovereignty and Respect
- Balance of Power
- Pro-American Worker
- Fairness
- Competence and Merit
Trump and his administration’s document continued to talk about how they will help Europe and Russia come back together following Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
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The document claims Europe showed a “lack of self-confidence” when it came to Russia and plans to help mitigate risk of further conflicts.
It said: “This lack of self-confidence is most evident in Europe’s relationship with Russia. European allies enjoy a significant hard power advantage over Russia by almost every measure, save nuclear weapons. As a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“European relations with Russia are now deeply attenuated, and many Europeans regard Russia as an existential threat.
“Managing European relations with Russia will require significant U.S. diplomatic engagement, both to re-establish conditions of strategic stability across the Eurasian landmass, and to mitigate the risk of conflict between Russia and European states.”
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