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Pentagon no longer views China threat as top priority
Politico ^ | Jan 23, 2026 | Jack Detsch

Posted on 01/25/2026 2:01:32 PM PST by McGruff

The Pentagon on Friday night released a long-awaited strategy that prioritizes the U.S. homeland and Western Hemisphere — a stunning reversal from previous administrations that aligns with President Donald Trump’s military strikes in Venezuela and efforts to acquire Greenland.

The National Defense Strategy — a dramatic shift from even the first Trump administration — no longer focuses primarily on countering China. Instead, it blames past administrations for ignoring American interests and jeopardizing the U.S. military’s access to the Panama Canal and Greenland.

The strategy calls for attention to the “practical interests” of the U.S. public and an abandonment of “grandiose strategies.”

The Pentagon’s plan, in contrast to the National Security Strategy released last month, does not focus heavily on Europe or call the the continent a place in “civilizational decline.” But it does emphasize what the administration perceives as its declining importance.

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TOPICS: China; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War
KEYWORDS: 9yearnazi; 9yeartroll; antisemitesonfr; asia; china; threat; zotthefrnazis

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1 posted on 01/25/2026 2:01:32 PM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Correct.
Are immediate threats is Domestic.


2 posted on 01/25/2026 2:03:33 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: McGruff

NO worries.. We have the “DISCOMBOBULATOR” WEAPON !!!


3 posted on 01/25/2026 2:03:48 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: McGruff

It’s clear that the real threat is from within this country.


4 posted on 01/25/2026 2:04:43 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: MotorCityBuck

LEFTISTS ARE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS


5 posted on 01/25/2026 2:05:02 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILLL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: McGruff
I don't like to use the term but the #1 threat is actually Globohomo.

China is all about Han Race Superiority in their neck of woods. As long as we stay in our neighborhood and they stay in theirs, we shouldn't have too many problems with China.

6 posted on 01/25/2026 2:07:19 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: McGruff

Like Trump has said the main enemies are WITHIN our borders.

That being said aren’t the canal AND Greenland both largely to counter China?


7 posted on 01/25/2026 2:07:59 PM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (You can vote totalitarians in but you can never vote them out...)
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

Yes. And Venezuela and Iran.


8 posted on 01/25/2026 2:11:31 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: McGruff

Hemispheric Defense


9 posted on 01/25/2026 2:11:53 PM PST by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Right. The Enemy Within.


10 posted on 01/25/2026 2:16:51 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: McGruff

Tho top priority should be the rat party.


11 posted on 01/25/2026 2:17:34 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump on)
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To: McGruff

It’s true. Too many Anerica-hating crazies from other countries and their equally crazy, zombified goon-guards in our backfield to ignore any more.


12 posted on 01/25/2026 2:20:47 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: MotorCityBuck

China and the, ahem, globalist/Zionists are fueling our domestic subversion.


13 posted on 01/25/2026 2:21:24 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

What the Hell is a Zionist? I hear it all day here.

Are they like Nazis? There everywhere but ya never see them?


14 posted on 01/25/2026 2:26:23 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Exactly. At the moment, I do not give a flying flip regarding ANY foreign affairs. I want Minnesota and its resident domestic terrorists dealt with


15 posted on 01/25/2026 2:38:33 PM PST by madison10 ("...the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty." Psalm 74:20b [NKJV])
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To: McGruff

Our internal conflicts are escalating ... Just who do you think is behind it? Paid actors, paid protestors, paid talking heads....

This chaos is not acting in isolation nor is it recent. They took over our school, our media, our entertainment and our government.

What did we expect? Fix the symptom or the source(s)?


16 posted on 01/25/2026 2:38:39 PM PST by Whatever Works
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To: MotorCityBuck

I thought Zionists were people who backed Israel and the Jews. I do not know why they are our enemies.


17 posted on 01/25/2026 2:40:31 PM PST by madison10 ("...the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty." Psalm 74:20b [NKJV])
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To: madison10

OK.
That’s a start. Thanks.


18 posted on 01/25/2026 2:43:41 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: MinorityRepublican
As long as we stay in our neighborhood and they stay in theirs, we shouldn't have too many problems with China.

I hate to tell you this, China has 100s of thousands of military in this country right now. They purchased hundreds of thousands of acres of land, much NEXT TO MILITARY BASES. They sell tainted pot to retards. They can move drones to the land next to military bases and destroy every runway in a matter of seconds. They know EVERY location of EVERY water supply and power station and can destroy them instantly. And this weak stupid distracted administration is focusing on mouth breathing mexicans first instead of these smart, dangerous enemies.

19 posted on 01/25/2026 2:46:15 PM PST by Captainpaintball (America needs a Conservative DICTATOR if it hopes to survive. )
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To: McGruff

Concern about the Western Hemisphere and the Oanana Canal is about China… is the reporter a moron?


20 posted on 01/25/2026 2:58:20 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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