Trump’s security blueprint targets mass migration and China threat
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President Donald Trump has unveiled a new national security plan in which he declares “the era of mass immigration is over” and casts China as a central threat to the United States
In the 33-page document released Friday morning, the president lays the groundwork for an overhaul of foreign policy.
In Trump’s letter at the top of the document, “This document is a road map to ensure that America remains the greatest and most successful country in human history and the home of freedom in the world. We will continue to build on every dimension of our national power in the coming years.”
The section of the document on mass immigration emphasizes the importance of who is allowed to enter the country and states that those allowed to enter our borders will “inevitably determine the future” of our nation. He points out that throughout history, nations have banned irregular immigration and applied strict standards when determining who should be granted citizenship.
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The Trump administration is reviving an immigration policy to conduct neighborhood investigations of aliens applying for U.S. citizenship. (Getty Images)
“Mass migration in countries around the world has strained domestic resources, increased violence and other crimes, weakened social cohesion, disrupted labor markets, and weakened national security. The era of mass migration must end. Border security is a key element of national security,” the document said. The statement is included.
The draft emphasizes the dangers posed by uncontrolled migration, such as terrorism, drugs, espionage and human trafficking.
While the document frames border security as a key priority on U.S. shores, it also identifies another threat from abroad; This threat suggests that the administration will be key to shaping the future of the United States and the world: China’s goal of global domination.
The plan highlights Trump’s work to reverse “more than three decades of faulty American assumptions about China,” particularly the idea that Washington could enable Beijing to join “the so-called ‘rules-based international order’ by opening U.S. markets to China.” Rather than ensuring American influence over China, these policies enrich Beijing and allow it to use its wealth and power “to its own significant advantage,” the document states.
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in South Korea. (Fox News / Pool)
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According to the document, US-China trade has been “fundamentally unbalanced” since 1979, when China’s economy reopened to the world. The plan notes that the U.S.-China trade relationship began as a relationship between a very rich country and an extremely poor country, but has evolved into a relationship between “close peers.”
As the national security draft notes, China’s exports enter the United States through a variety of routes, including through proxy countries. According to the document, the United States imports goods produced in “Chinese-made factories in a dozen countries, including Mexico.”
“Going forward, we will rebalance America’s economic relationship with China, prioritizing reciprocity and fairness to restore America’s economic independence,” the document says. This, he notes, means balancing trade between the US and China and keeping trade “focused on non-sensitive factors.”
Donald Trump’s new national security road map outlines his stance on China. (Fox News)
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The administration projects in the draft that a mutually beneficial relationship with China could grow the U.S. economy from $30 trillion now to $40 trillion by the 2030s.
This strategic stance towards China also requires the participation of US allies. One idea put forward in the document is to have the United States work with treaty allies that could add another $35 trillion in economic power to combat “predatory economic practices.”
The document also calls on the United States to “encourage Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, Canada, Mexico, and other leading countries to adopt trade policies that will help rebalance the Chinese economy toward household consumption”; because Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Middle East alone cannot absorb China’s massive overcapacity.
President Donald Trump sits at the Resolute desk in the Oval Office. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Beyond economic policies, the document outlines the US strategy to deter military threats and specifically touches on the global importance of the South China Sea. While the plan states that deterring a conflict over Taiwan is a priority, it also clarifies that the United States has not changed its stance toward the country, which frequently faces threats from China.
“To avoid conflict, we need a vigilant posture in the Indo-Pacific, a renewed defense industrial base, greater military investment from ourselves, our allies and partners, and winning economic and technological competitiveness in the long term,” the document says.
The 33-page document outlines region-specific strategies as well as the overall goal of putting U.S. interests ahead of those of other nations. While he also encourages more cautious intervention abroad, he also recognizes that it will not be possible for the United States to completely withdraw from the world stage.
