Why the US says Europe is facing ‘civilisational erasure’

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  Europe is facing the prospect of quote, civilizational erasure.

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  That's the official view of the Trump administration as put in a radical policy document that was released late last week.

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  The US government's new national security strategy has left European leaders reeling.

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  In the days since, we've dug into the strategy.

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  Tristan and I have read the whole thing.

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  It paints the most complete picture yet of who the administration sees as its allies and its adversaries.

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  From the BBC, I'm Tristan Redmond in London.

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  And I'm Asma Khalid in Washington, DC.

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  And today on The Global Story,

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  how Trump's national security strategy has upended traditional US foreign policy and why it's causing alarm in Europe.

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  So, Tom, would you be able to introduce yourself for us, please?

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  Yep, I'm Tom Bateman.

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  I am the BBC's State Department correspondent based in Washington,

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  so I cover all things foreign policy to do with the Trump administration.

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  Well, thank you so much for joining us, Tom.

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  It's great to have you back, friend of the podcast.

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  Trump's administration released the new national security strategy last week, and it made huge news.

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  And that's not always the case.

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