cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/56645967

Everything is there…

The 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy This document quietly normalizes a major shift in global order:

• Tariffs as coercion – trade is openly treated as a weapon. Market access becomes conditional and reversible.
• Technology with strings attached – access to U.S. tech, AI, capital and standards depends on political loyalty. “Think twice before buying American” is the implicit message.
• NATO as a transaction – security guarantees are no longer assumed; they’re earned (5% GDP, alignment, burden-sharing).
• Europe as a problem to be fixed – described as demographically, culturally and politically weakened, with the U.S. pushing for a fast Ukraine peace mainly to stabilize Europe and reset relations with Russia.
• Preemptive force normalized – strikes and “surgical” military action are framed as standard policy tools, not last resorts.
• Most alarming: the U.S. openly claims the right to block other great powers, force political choices, and intervene to enforce spheres of influence – essentially the logic used by Russia and China, just stated upfront and not yet fully executed.

Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf