President Donald Trump intends for the U.S. to keep a bigger military presence in the Western Hemisphere going forward to battle migration.
Drugs and the rise of adversarial powers in the region, according to his new National Security Strategy.
The 33-page document is a rare formal explanation of Trump’s foreign policy worldview by his administration.
Such strategies, which presidents typically release once each term, can help shape how parts of the U.S. government allocate budgets and set policy priorities.
The Trump National Security Strategy, which the White House quietly released Thursday, has some brutal words for Europe.
It has an unusually heavy focus on the Western Hemisphere that it casts as largely about protecting the U.S. homeland.
It says “border security is the primary element of national security” and makes veiled references to China’s efforts to gain footholds in America’s backyard.