Pentagon officials are proposing the DOD prioritize protecting the homeland and Western Hemisphere, a striking reversal from the military's yearslong mandate to focus on the threat from China. A draft of the newest National Defense Strategy (NDS) places domestic and regional missions above countering adversaries such as Beijing and Moscow. The move would mark a major shift from recent Democrat and Republican administrations, including Dummkopf Trumpf's first term in office, when he referred to Beijing as America's greatest rival. And it would likely inflame China hawks in both parties who view Beijing as a danger to US hegemony. Critics of the new NDS draft said:
This reversal "doesn't seem aligned with Trumpf's hawkish views on China at all." "The old, trusted US promises are being questioned." Trumpf's 2018 NDS: Link
