New Trump strategy shifts US focus from China to Latin America, targets mass migration
The strategy shifts US foreign policy from its traditional global role, prioritising dominance in the Western Hemisphere and ending mass migration
US President Donald Trump’s administration said in a long-awaited new strategy document on Friday, that the United States will shift from its historic global role towards increasing dominance in Latin America and vigorously fighting migration.
The national security paper, meant to flesh out Trump’s norms-shattering “America First” world view, signals a sharp reorientation from long-standing US calls to refocus on Asia, although it still identifies China as a top competitor.
The strategy also brutally criticised allies in Europe and said that the United States will champion opponents to European Union-led values, including on immigration.
Breaking with decades of attempts to be the sole superpower, the strategy said that the “United States rejects the ill-fated concept of global domination for itself”.
It said that the United States would also prevent other powers from dominating but added: “This does not mean wasting blood and treasure to curtail the influence of all the world’s great and middle powers.”
The strategy called for a “readjustment of our global military presence to address urgent threats in our hemisphere, and away from theatres whose relative import to American national security has declined in recent decades or years.”