U.S. National Security Policy

President Trump’s Dec. 5, 2025 National Security Strategy reorients U.S. priorities — elevating mass migration as the top security threat, sharply criticizing European allies and pledging a “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine to reassert U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere, while notably softening rhetoric toward China. That softer China posture has included declining to sanction Beijing over last year’s cyber intrusions to preserve an October trade truce, pressing China on fentanyl‑precursor crackdowns, agricultural purchases and rare‑earth flows, and planning a Trump visit to Beijing in April with a reciprocal Xi trip to the U.S. expected in 2026.