German Chancellor Friedrich Merz—whose right-globalist, increasingly authoritarian political party presently in electoral freefall—lashed out at the Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy this week, branding parts of it “unacceptable” to Europe’s ruling class
The former BlackRock executive’s outrage, expressed in an interview with the left-globalist press outlet Der Spiegel, revealed more about Europe’s increasing insecurity than about the document itself.
The NSS, as we have reported, delivered a blunt assessment that Europe is being hollowed out by mass migration, media censorship, and an old regime that has refused to protect its own civilization, and as a result is in the process of being removed from power. Washington’s message to Euroglobalists was unmistakable: the West survives only if its nations choose to defend themselves.
Merz insisted that Europe needs no help “saving democracy,” even as European governments increasingly criminalize dissent, and censor their citizens. His comments rang hollow in a Germany where state institutions attempt silence and ban opposition parties rather than compete with them head-on.
For months, the German government has escalated authoritarian tactics aimed squarely at Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)—now the country’s most popular party. From draconian surveillance measures to financial intimidation to banning political party members from running for office, Berlin behaves as though its real enemy is domestic voters, not foreign threats.
Merz arrogantly attempted to lecture Washington, claiming America must not act “alone” and should treat Europe as a partner, despite the fact Europe’s globalists continue to undermine Trump’s peace efforts in Ukraine at every step.
What Merz and his globalist regime pals like Macron, Starmer, and Mark Rutte, mean, of course, is that Europe wants American protection without American criticism of its increasingly oppressive, authoritarian, and anti-European policy positions.
But the Trump administration has already demonstrated that its strategy is neither isolationist nor indulgent. It has forced NATO slackers to stop freeloading and start paying for their own defense.
The NSS also underscores that the United States still values Europe culturally and strategically—but refuses to pretend that a collapsing Europe—and its corrupt, increasingly illegitimate political class—can, in any way, lead the West. In crystal clear language, the strategy warns that EU globalist elites are steering the continent into demographic, social, and economic oblivion.
Central to Washington’s critique is Europe’s censorship regime, which the NSS identifies as a direct assault on the foundations of a free society. The EU’s Digital Services Act, used to level massive fines against American platforms like X and silence political dissent, is singled out as evidence of Europe’s drift into technocratic authoritarianism.
Another core warning centers on mass migration and its catastrophic civilizational impact. The NSS states plainly that Europe will become “unrecognizable” within a generation if current policies continue, a point Trump reiterated when he said the continent is endangering itself through cultural surrender and civilizational erasure.
Trump’s message was brutally simple: no alliance can remain strong if one side chooses national suicide. “It’s horrible what’s happening to Europe,” he said, urging Europeans to take back control before their identity vanishes entirely.
Meanwhile, Merz has abandoned even the pretense of his former immigration skepticism. This week he declared that Germany “needs immigration,” parroting the same globalist talking points that voters across Europe are rejecting.
His weakness is especially striking given that the AfD—Germany’s only serious anti-mass migration, pro-national force—continues to surge in the polls. Instead of listening to the electorate, Berlin has weaponized intelligence agencies and legal threats to choke off the AfD’s rise.
Adding to the hypocrisy, Merz himself has filed hundreds of criminal complaints against citizens who insulted him online. German media now mock him as one of the most thin-skinned politicians in the country’s history.
This collision between Washington and Berlin is not a policy disagreement—it is a clash between globalism and anti-globalism. The latter seeks national sovereignty, cultural confidence, and a revival of the Western spirit, while the former clings desperately to failed globalist dogmas and bureaucratic control.
The Trump NSS makes clear which side of that divide the United States has chosen. It signals that America will stand with Europe’s patriotic, national-conservative movements rather than the failed establishment that led the continent to this crisis it now faces.
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