New US Security Strategy Aligns with Russia's Vision, Moscow Says
4 days ago
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- #US-Russia relations
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- Russia welcomes US President Donald Trump's new National Security Strategy, calling it 'largely consistent' with Moscow's vision.
- The strategy suggests Europe is facing 'civilisational erasure' and does not label Russia as a threat to the US.
- Priorities in the report include combatting foreign influence, ending mass migration, and rejecting EU 'censorship'.
- EU officials and analysts criticize the strategy, comparing its language to Kremlin rhetoric.
- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov views the strategy as a 'positive step' but says Moscow will analyze it further.
- The strategy adopts softer language towards Russia, raising concerns among EU officials about weakening its stance on Ukraine.
- The document blames the EU for blocking US efforts to end the Ukraine conflict and calls for 're-establishing strategic stability to Russia'.
- It endorses influencing European policy and prioritizes 'resistance to Europe's current trajectory within European nations'.
- The report calls for the restoration of 'Western identity' and warns of Europe becoming 'unrecognisable' due to 'civilisational erasure'.
- It questions whether certain European countries will remain reliable allies due to economic and military weaknesses.
- The strategy praises 'patriotic European parties' and encourages political allies in Europe to promote a 'revival of spirit'.
- EU officials emphasize their alliance with the US but raise concerns over the strategy's focus on freedom of expression.
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk asserts that Europe is the US's 'closest ally, not your problem'.
- Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt criticizes the document as aligning with the 'extreme right'.
- The US is growing closer to Germany's far-right AfD party, classified as extreme right by German intelligence.
- The strategy promotes 'America First' policies, including targeting drug-trafficking boats and potential military action in Venezuela.
- It calls for increased defense spending from Japan, South Korea, Australia, and Taiwan.
- Democrats warn the strategy could damage US foreign relations, calling it 'catastrophic' and discarding 'value-based US leadership'.