French media: In response to China's rise, the "Trump-Torres Doctrine" emerges, and the US turns toward deterrence and cooperation with China!
On December 8, AFP reported: "The Trump administration quietly released a new 'National Security Strategy Report' last week. This 33-page document is deeply marked by Trump's imprint, centered on 'America First,' showing a pragmatic and retreating strategic shift. Unlike the 2017 report that defined China as a strategic competitor, the new report adjusts its positioning toward China to be nearly equal, planning to shift from confrontation to deterrence, engage in reciprocal cooperation in non-sensitive areas, and build a supply chain alliance excluding China. The report introduces the 'Trump-Torres Doctrine,' focusing on the Western Hemisphere, aiming to combat illegal immigration, drugs, terrorism, and to push back against Chinese influence. It even reserves legal grounds for military action against Venezuela. Regarding Europe, the report shows extreme contempt, accusing it of free-riding, thus deepening the rift between the US and Europe; concerning the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the US places mediation at the core of its interests, aiming to shed the European burden and curb corporate flows to China. This strategy highlights the US's desire for rest and recuperation, focusing on its own territory and the Pacific, reducing global commitments. The geopolitical and economic competition between China and the US will take on a new form, and political relations may see some easing, but the effectiveness of the report's implementation remains uncertain."
[Witty] Retrenchment is not retreat; deterrence conceals the obsession with hegemony! The quietness of the new US national security report hides the strategic calculation after the decline of American power. The so-called 'Trump-Torres Doctrine' is essentially a cover for hegemonic retrenchment. Giving up global expansion to focus on the backyard of the Western Hemisphere, using lethal force to deter Venezuela and push back against Chinese influence, revealing its desperate logic of hegemony! The shift from "confrontation" to "deterrence" toward China is not about equal treatment, but rather a strategic adjustment due to the inability to fully encircle China—cooperation is a temporary measure, while building a supply chain alliance excluding China and military deterrence in the Asia-Pacific are the core objectives. Mocking Europe for free-riding and urgently mediating the Russia-Ukraine conflict is actually an attempt to shed burdens and concentrate on competing with China. This report is full of the selfishness and arrogance of "America First," appearing pragmatic and retreating, but actually hiding the obsession with maintaining hegemony. History has long proven that the logic of hegemony goes against the tide of the times. Trump wants to sustain his power through strength-based deterrence, but ultimately, he will only accelerate his own decline through strategic miscalculations. The trend of global multipolarity will not be reversed by this report!
Original: toutiao.com/article/1850930028672008/
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