# Europe Should Regain Its Civilizational Self-Confidence by The White House > “We want Europe to remain European, to regain its civilizational self-confidence, and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation.” > **— The White House**, *National Security Strategy of the United States of America, November 2025* ## Sources and Context - **Primary document:** The White House, [*National Security Strategy of the United States of America*](https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf), “Promoting European Greatness,” p. 28, dated November 2025 and released December 5, 2025. - **Context and repair:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] previously stopped the quotation after “self-confidence.” The primary sentence continues through “regulatory suffocation”; the complete sentence is restored in the Reminder and article. - **Position boundary:** This is the Trump administration's stated policy position. The source section preserves its authorship and context rather than converting it into an unattributed proposition. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/2025 National Security Strategy|2025 National Security Strategy]] - [[wiki/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “We want Europe to remain European, to regain its civilizational self-confidence, and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation.” — The White House, National Security Strategy of the United States of America, November 2025 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-white-house-europe-regain-civilizational-self-confidence ```