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Trump’s National Security Strategy a Wake-Up Call for Europe to Step Up: Latvia’s Foreign Minister

Baiba Braze said Trump’s strategy is a call for European renewal, not abandonment, urging allies to boost defense, competitiveness, and ties with Washington.
Trump’s National Security Strategy a Wake-Up Call for Europe to Step Up: Latvia’s Foreign Minister
Latvian Foreign Affairs Minister Baiba Braze during an interview with EpochTV's "American Thought Leaders" in Washington on Dec. 8, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze said U.S. President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy should be a spur for Europe to strengthen its own defenses and competitiveness, not a cause for panic about U.S. abandonment.

In an exclusive interview on EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders,” Braze said Latvian officials have reviewed the Trump administration’s national strategy and see it as more coherent and constructive than many critics in Europe suggest.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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