A NEW report has ignited a political firestorm across Europe after declaring the continent is sliding into economic, political and cultural decay.
The National Security Strategy (NSS) report – signed by President Trump – warns that Europe stands on the edge of “civilisational erasure”.
The document sharply criticises Europe’s woke “censorship” and “mass migration” policies – claiming the region could become “unrecognisable in 20 years or less”.
Moscow, meanwhile, praised the 33-page strategy as “largely consistent” with its worldview – a stark contrast to EU leaders who accused the United States of abandoning Europe.
Its release further highlights the widening rift between Washington and Brussels.
“For the first time since the end of the Second World War, the USA is no longer standing by the Europeans,” German lawmaker, Norbert Röttgen said.
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He argued that “if this strategy were to succeed, the EU would no longer exist”.
European Council President António Costa accused Washington of crossing a red line.
“What we cannot accept is the threat to interfere in European politics,” he said.
“The United States cannot replace Europe in what its vision is of freedom of expression.”
Populist voices across the continent offered a radically different assessment.
Dutch hard-right leader Geert Wilders celebrated the report, declaring that “President @realDonaldTrump @POTUS speaks the truth”.
The report’s decision not to paint Moscow as a security threat and its suggestion that the EU is obstructing US efforts to end the war in Ukraine further frustrated European leaders.
German foreign minister Johann Wadephul dismissed the need for third-party intervention, arguing that Europe does “not need outside advice”.
Röttgen warned that Washington was “no longer standing by Ukraine, a country against which a brutal war of annihilation is being waged in violation of international law”.
Costa cautioned that alliance rhetoric is meaningless if not backed by action.
“This strategy continues to talk about Europe as an ally. That’s fine, but if we are allies, we must act as allies.”
He insisted that: “The United States remains an important ally, the United States remains an important economic partner, but Europe must be sovereign”.
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, a long-time Trump supporter, swung in the opposite direction, criticising EU backing for Ukraine and praising the negotiations between the US and Russia.
“Those who have power, act; those who don’t only speak,” Orbán said.
He argued that “weak Europe is left out of shaping its own future and chooses to talk instead”.
Moscow similarly applauded the report, with Dmitry Peskov calling it “a positive step” and welcoming its call for cooperation rather than confrontation with Russia.
The NSS was published on Friday including a foreword in which Trump described it as “a roadmap to ensure that America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history.”
It urges an “expeditious cessation of hostilities” in Ukraine to “reestablish strategic stability with Russia” and help “stabilise European economies,” while accusing European governments of trampling democratic norms.
“A large European majority wants peace, yet that desire is not translated into policy, in large measure because of those governments’ subversion of democratic processes,” the document states.
It calls for the restoration of “Western identity” and urges US policymakers to support “resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations.”
The document charges the EU with undermining liberty, censoring speech and adopting migration policies that are “transforming the continent.”
It predicts that Europe may be “unrecognisable” within two decades and questions whether some Nato countries – potentially becoming “majority non-European” – would maintain the same worldview as the alliance’s founders.
These warnings are paired with praise for “patriotic European parties,” which the White House encourages to fuel a “revival of spirit.”
The administration has openly cultivated ties with Germany’s AfD, and Trump recently hailed Orbán as a “great leader”.
This is despite the European Parliament describing Hungary as a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy.”
The document also mirrors comments from JD Vance, who argued in Munich that Europe’s greatest danger comes “from within.”
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk responded with a pointed appeal to Americans, saying, “Europe is your closest ally, not your problem”.
The security strategy is the administration’s first since President Donald Trump returned to office in January.
It comes as the US seeks an end to Russia’s conflict with Ukraine.
Trump earlier slammed Zelensky – implying that he was playing for time when Kyiv’s own negotiators “love” the proposed plan for peace.
This is the same deal which, Trump claimed, Vladimir Putin would agree to.
Zelensky is meeting with Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz in Downing Street today to discuss the outcome of intense US-Ukraine talks.
These three leaders represent the three Nato nations with the largest military budgets in real terms.
Downing Street said the meeting would “focus on ongoing peace negotiations and next steps”.
This is set against the backdrop of Trump seemingly bullying Zelensky in full view of the public into agreeing to the settlement.
“I have to say that I am a little bit disappointing that President Zelensky hasn’t yet read the proposal,” said Trump.
“That was as of a few hours ago. His people love it.
“Russia is, I believe, fine with it. But I’m not sure that Zelensky is fine with it.