Donald Trump: Architect of America’s Strategic Decline

US National Security Strategy ‘a manifesto for retrenchment’

Dec 10, 2025

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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh

It’s all yours. Photo by Alex Wong, Getty Images

The 2025 US National Security Strategy released on December 4 by the White House is not just a policy document; it is Donald Trump’s blueprint for reshaping America permanently in his image. In blunt terms, it declares that “American strategies since the end of the Cold War have falle…

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