Don’t believe the hype. The U.S. is not withdrawing from the world

It is important to recognize that the future economic, geopolitical, and military success of America is critical to the success, safety, and well-being of its allies. While the U.S. is acting with its domestic interests as priority, these interests are also significantly aligned with the interests of the Western world and most democracies. America needs its allies to shape up  Today, through its recently released “National Security Strategy” (NSS), the U.S. is continuing to pressure its Western allies to get their act together. These calls for action centre on tightening national immigration policies, endorsing free speech and limiting censorship, enhancing national and regional defence capabilities, improving productivity and restoring free markets, ceasing net-zero climate obsession in favour of energy security, reversing wokeism and special interest behaviours, and building supply chain independence, particularly away from China. While the NSS contains lots of language promoting the self-interests of America and criticizing certain allies, particularly Europe, it also contains critical statements re-committing the U.S. to being involved in the world. It strongly concludes that America and Europe rely on one another in the effort to preserve democracy, economic prosperity, and military strength. This, the Trump administration says, will allow sovereignty to be protected, terrorism to be deterred, and global wars to be prevented. The following are quotes from the document that reiterate this message. “We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.” “We will work with allies and partners to maintain global and regional balances of power to prevent the emergence of dominant adversaries.” “As we want our allies to be rich and capable, so must our allies see that it is in their interest that the United States also remain rich and capable.” “We will oppose elite-driven, anti-democratic restrictions on core liberties in Europe, the Anglosphere, and the rest of the democratic world, especially among our allies.” “We reject the disastrous “climate change” and “Net Zero” ideologies that have so greatly harmed Europe, threaten the United States, and subsidize our adversaries.” “Europe remains strategically and culturally vital to the United States.” “American diplomacy should continue to stand up for a genuine democracy, freedom of expression, and unapologetic celebrations of European nations’ individual character and history.” Does this sound like an America that is abandoning the world? Perhaps many simply cannot accept an alternative narrative that doesn’t fit with their anti-Trump mindset.