Trumps National Security Strategy a Wake-Up Call for Europe to Step Up: Latvias Foreign Minister

Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze addresses a press conference after a meeting of foreign ministers from the member countries of the Nordic-Baltic Eight, in Ronne on the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm on April 29, 2025. Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix/AFPLatvian 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.