By Calling China a “Near-Peer”, Has Trump Underestimated America & Allies?

Have you read Trump’s 29-page National Security Strategy (NSS) document dated November 2025? It’s a cross between the roar of a wounded tiger and the whimper of a tired eagle. It’s a voluntary abdication by the Emperor who wants to shrink and become a regional chieftain. It bemoans that America’s strategy went “astray” as the country took on others’ burdens. “We cannot afford to be equally attentive to every region and every problem in the world.” America must engineer “A readjustment of our global military presence to address urgent threats in our (Western) Hemisphere … away from theatres whose relative…