George Samuelson
It is obvious why the Trump administration is adamant that 'Europe remain European,' despite the fact that the chances for that happening are about zero.
A new national security document released by the Trump administration last week warned that Europe is facing civilizational suicide and will be "unrecognizable in 20 years or less" due to illegal immigration that has made European powers militarily vulnerable.
The 33-page document, titled National Security Strategy, lays out President Donald Trump's "America First" foreign policy agenda and argues the United States should focus its efforts on securing the Western Hemisphere.
The document's section on Europe begins with a brief mention of some of the continent's best-known perennial problems, including "insufficient military spending" and "economic stagnation" before saying that Europe's real problems "are even deeper."
Europe's economic decline takes a backseat to the real prospect of what DC policymakers refer to as "civilizational erasure," caused in part by "migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife," it said.
The document also mentioned the censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, cratering birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence that are happening across the 27-member bloc.
Just last week, the European Commission slapped a massive fine against X (formerly known as Twitter) in a ham-fisted effort to censor Elon Musk's social media platform, while exactly one year ago the eastern European nation of Romania was thrown into chaos after the far-right pro-Russian populist Călin Georgescu had his presidential victory annulled due to - yes, you guessed it - 'Russian interference' and other supposed electoral irregularities.
Just before the Romanian elections, Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov made a startling claim that the head of France's foreign intelligence agency Nicolas Lerner asked him to ban far-right conservatives on his platform ahead of the country's elections, a request he says he flatly refused.
The conclusion the document makes in light of these and other dangerous developments was straightforward: if present trends continue, "the continent will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less."
This is a serious concern for the United States, of course, plagued as it also is with rampant illegal migration. How can the United States and the European Union remain reliable allies when there could eventually be a yawning chasm separating the two powers ? After all, in just a few decades the European Union may be comprised of majority non-European civilians who may be tempted to question whether they view their friendship with Washington in the same way as those who signed the NATO Charter.
Looked at from such a perspective, it is obvious why the Trump administration is adamant that 'Europe remain European,' despite the fact that the chances for that happening are about zero.
Critics responded to the document's central thesis by saying it is espousing "anti-Semitic" conspiracy theories, such as the "Great Replacement Theory" that says White people are being deliberately replaced in the Western hemisphere by immigrants from majority non-White nations, particularly from Africa and the Middle East.
White House spokesperson Anna Kelly slammed the comparison, calling it "total nonsense."
The devastating impacts of unchecked migration, and those migrants' inability to assimilate, are not just a concern for President Trump, but for Europeans themselves, who have increasingly noted immigration as one of their top concerns. These open border policies have led to widespread examples of violence, spikes in crime, and more, with detrimental impacts on the fiscal sustainability of social safety net programs.
Such a grim reality comes as no surprise to many people, least of all former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Europe's primary architect of mass migration who admitted one decade ago that multiculturalism was a "sham" that does nothing to improve a society.
"Multiculturalism leads to parallel societies and therefore remains a 'life lie,' or a sham," she said, before making the empty promise that Germany "will reduce the number of refugees noticeably."
Although those remarks may seem uncharacteristic of Merkel, she was only repeating a sentiment she first voiced five years earlier when she said multiculturalism in Germany had "utterly failed."
"Of course the tendency had been to say, 'Let's adopt the multicultural concept and live happily side by side, and be happy to be living with each other.' But this concept has failed, and failed utterly," she said in 2010. Why Merkel ever imagined that things would not turn out exactly as they did remains one of the great mysteries of modern European politics. Or perhaps she did know, but completely lacked the political will to resist the insurmountable pressure she was facing at the time. It is no surprise that the EU elite were very much in favor of open borders, as many remain so today.
Whatever the case may be, one other thing is worth noting about this document - Moscow has expressed favor with its provisions.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that the changes "correspond in many ways to our vision".
He also welcomed language about ending "the perception and reality of the NATO military alliance as a perpetually expanding alliance". Moscow has long voiced its opposition to NATO expansion, citing its national security concerns.
At the same time, Peskov cautioned that the position of what he called the U.S. "deep state" - a term Donald Trump has used to accuse officials who he believes are working to undermine his political agenda - may differ from Trump's new security strategy. Time will tell.