National Security Strategy, released

The second Trump administration posted its National Security Strategy to the White House site late Thursday. Read the 33-page document, which is required by Congress but does not necessarily bind future decisions, here .

As expected, it puts unprecedented focus on the Americas and immigrants. A section titled “ What Do We Want In and From the World? ” [formatting in the original] begins: “We want to ensure that the Western Hemisphere remains reasonably stable and well-governed enough to prevent and discourage mass migration to the United States.” Later, it adds that “border security is the primary element of national security”—an assertion it calls part of a “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine.

Europe comes in for much criticism. Th

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