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Trump Abandons Europe, Seeks to Corral China Economically

National Security Strategy says US won’t dominate world but seeks to prevent global domination by Beijing

Dec 08, 2025
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By: Toh Han Shih
Chilling message for Europe

US President Donald Trump has lowered the perceived risk of China as a rival of the US, but nevertheless envisages economic competition, not war, with China in a major National Security Strategy (NSS) document that upends 80 years of US diplomatic strategy. In a stunning reversal of US Cold War policy, the Trum…

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