Trump urged to abandon NATO and focus on the Western Hemisphere
The article argues that Donald Trump should drop U.S. commitments to NATO and instead concentrate on strengthening ties with the Americas, even proposing the purchase of Greenland.
According to the author, a cross-partisan movement is coalescing around a renewed "America First" doctrine that would shed the United States' global hegemony in favor of a focus on the homeland and the Western Hemisphere. He claims Donald Trump has drifted from this path, maintaining involvement in proxy wars with Russia, a tariff dispute with China, and a kinetic campaign against Iran—conflicts rooted in historic agreements such as NATO, the 1960 Japan treaty, the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act and various Middle-East pacts.
The article points to market performance, noting a portfolio mixing U.S. equities with those of Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina outperformed a similar mix with the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and Australia over one- to ten-year periods. IMF data are cited to show higher real-GDP growth in the Americas versus the legacy allies. The author urges Trump to exit these overseas entanglements, tackle illegal immigration, curb drug trafficking and reduce the swelling federal debt, and even suggests acquiring Greenland as a strategic move.
Why it matters
It highlights a push to reshape U.S. foreign policy toward regional focus, affecting defense commitments and economic ties.
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