Ten Jolting Takeaways from Trump’s New National Security Strategy

A hypothetical new National Security Strategy from a second Trump administration outlines a radical pivot in American foreign policy, creating a manifesto for a narrower and more personalized project. The doctrine elevates immigration to the central national security threat and introduces a "Trump Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, reorienting global priorities toward the Western Hemisphere. This strategy also injects domestic culture wars into foreign policy by framing "spiritual health" and "traditional families" as core security requirements. Furthermore, it shifts from burden-sharing to burden-shifting by demanding NATO allies spend 5% of their GDP on defense, all while championing a hard-edged version of national sovereignty suspicious of international institutions.