WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below following the publication of the National Security Strategy by the Second Trump Administration.
“The Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy is built on a false choice: that America must retreat from the world to protect its people at home. The opposite is true. America is stronger when we use our alliances, our diplomatic tools and our influence to advance America’s national interests and values.
“This plan, and the Administration’s approach, is riddled with contradictions. President Trump rightly wants our European allies to step up on their own defense but undercuts their ability to do so by actively promoting far-right wing, pro-Russian political parties. By drawing an equivalence between our European Allies and murderers in the Kremlin, this strategy at least explains why President Trump has been so inept at ending the war in Ukraine. The strategy claims to take a realist worldview, but it fundamentally ignores the threat posed by Russia and China. And while the Strategy unironically emphasizes supply chain stabilization and economic security in our hemisphere, the Administration has placed tariffs on friends and foes alike that are raising prices for our families, destroying small businesses and wiping out manufacturing jobs.
“The American people deserve leadership that can deliver security and prosperity. That means strengthening NATO, ensuring that Russia does not gain from its own war of aggression in Ukraine, competing seriously with China and stabilizing our neighborhood through law enforcement, diplomacy and development. Instead, President Trump has pursued a foreign policy that has left the United States isolated globally, hurt our economy, raised prices for Americans, distanced our allies and emboldened our adversaries.”
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