A commentary published by The Daily Wire argues that President Donald Trump’s newly released National Security Strategy, alongside U.S. defense policy priorities, presses European allies to become more economically dynamic and militarily capable partners rather than long-term dependents of Washington.
A Daily Wire opinion article published on January 13, 2026, contends that President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy approach is built around what the author calls a doctrine of “strategic sovereignty,” under which U.S. security guarantees should be tied to allies’ tangible contributions to collective defense. (dailywire.com)
The author argues that this thinking rejects what he describes as the “fantasy” of a self-enforcing rules-based order, and instead emphasizes that global stability depends on sovereign states with sufficient power and political will to enforce deterrence. (dailywire.com)
In outlining what it portrays as the administration’s track record, the commentary credits Trump with putting greater pressure on U.S. adversaries and cites, among other examples, efforts to push NATO allies to increase defense spending and the use of measures aimed at curbing Russian oil revenues. The piece also claims Trump helped broker peace in the Caucasus and says U.S. policy has sought to limit China’s influence in the Western Hemisphere. These assertions are presented in the Daily Wire article as the author’s assessment; independent, specific corroboration for each claimed outcome is not provided within the Daily Wire source itself. (dailywire.com)
On Europe, the commentary depicts the continent as economically underperforming and overly reliant on external pillars—Russian energy, Chinese supply chains, and U.S. defense—while blaming Europe’s relative lack of global corporate and technology leadership on heavy regulation, high taxes and rigid labor markets. (dailywire.com)
Separately, reporting in December 2025 described a newly released U.S. National Security Strategy as sharply critical of European allies and as calling into question Europe’s long-term reliability as a U.S. partner, including language warning of “civilizational erasure” if current trends persist. (defensenews.com) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the document underscored the need for greater European security independence, while EU leaders and officials publicly pushed back against what they saw as U.S. interference in Europe’s internal affairs. (apnews.com)
The Daily Wire article concludes that preserving Western strength requires Europe to pursue faster growth, rebuild defense capacity and restore what it calls “civilizational self-confidence,” warning that if Europe fails to do so, the balance of the West could shift away from the Atlantic by European weakness rather than by an explicit U.S. decision to withdraw. (dailywire.com)
