adminThe White House quietly filed a new National Security Strategy in early December 2025, formally transmitting the document to Congress as the administration lays out its global priorities. This paper is the roadmap the president wants on the record as he reasserts American strength and direction after years of directionless foreign policy.
At the core of the strategy is an unapologetic pivot back to the Western Hemisphere — an explicit revival of the Monroe Doctrine dressed for the 21st century, called the “Trump Corollary” in the text. That reorientation reflects common-sense patriotism: protect our borders, secure supply chains in our hemisphere, and ensure adversaries cannot gain footholds on our doorstep.
The document does not mince words about our allies and competitors in Europe, warning of deep problems and even using stark language to describe the continent’s trajectory if current policies continue. Meanwhile the strategy shifts military emphasis and calls for strategic stability with rivals rather than endless entanglement in far-flung nation-building projects.
Even mainstream polling makes clear Americans want leadership, not retreat; as Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin and Reagan Presidential Library CEO David Trulio discussed, a recent survey found a majority of citizens want the U.S. more engaged and decisive on the world stage. Republicans should stop apologizing for strength — the public agrees that American leadership saves lives and defends liberty.
This strategy sensibly demands burden-sharing from allies and prioritizes real threats like China while preserving deterrence in places such as the Taiwan Strait and reaffirming the centrality of Israel’s security. Shifting resources to where they bolster American security and economic strength is not isolationism; it is strategic clarity after decades of naive globalism.
Critics in Washington and Europe will howl, but patriots know that putting America’s safety and prosperity first is the measure of good governance. Lawmakers and rank-and-file conservatives should rally behind a plan that restores deterrence, defends our people, and reasserts the simple truth that a strong America makes the world safer.
This National Security Strategy is a declaration to the world that the United States will no longer be steered by out-of-touch elites or by the reflexive guilt of past administrations. Now is the time for unity behind firm leadership — for our servicemen and women, for our borders, and for the generations who deserve an America that stands tall and free.
