Leaked US strategy draft reportedly proposed steering Poland away from the EU

The findings were relayed in Poland by Marek Wałkuski, Polish Radio’s White House correspondent.

According to Defense One, the unredacted document included a chapter titled “Make Europe Great Again,” outlining an approach that would prioritise ties with selected European governments deemed ideologically aligned with the Trump administration, rather than with the European Union as a bloc.

Wałkuski, summarising the report, said the document stated that the United States would focus on deepening relations with Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland - countries identified as potential partners that could be “drawn away from the European Union.”

Trump chce „odciągnąć” Polskę od Unii Europejskiej.

Portal @one_defence opisał zawartość pełnej, niepublikowanej wersji Strategii Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego administracji Trumpa (National Security Strategy-NSS)

Dokument zawiera rozdział zatytułowany „Make Europe Great Again”,… — Marek Wałkuski (@Marekwalkuski) December 10, 2025

The document also reportedly proposed that Washington should back political parties, civic movements and cultural or intellectual groups advocating “sovereignty” and a “traditional European way of life,” provided they remained pro-American.

The complete version, as described by Defense One, also called for the creation of a new international grouping known as the C5, composed of the United States, Russia, China, India and Japan.

The format would function similarly to the G7, from which Russia was expelled - a decision Trump repeatedly criticised - but would exclude European members entirely.

If genuine, the document points to a strategic vision markedly different from the version eventually published during Trump’s presidency, positioning certain European states, including Poland, as partners in reshaping Europe’s political order outside the EU framework.