Trump administration says Europe risks 'civilisational erasure', drawing outcry


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  • Friday, 05 Dec 2025

U.S. and European Union flags are seen in this illustration taken April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

BERLIN, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Europe faces "civilisational erasure" and may one day lose its status as a reliable U.S. ally, the Trump administration said in a major strategy document, drawing an outcry from Europeans who compared it to the rhetoric of the Kremlin.

The new National Security Strategy, posted on the White House website overnight Thursday-to-Friday, denounced the European Union as anti-democratic, and said the goal of the U.S. should be "to help Europe correct its current trajectory".

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