“ Play Trump for time ”: National security experts are an alarm on the “complete destruction” of American power

National security analysts Mark Toth and Colonel (ret.) Jonathan E. Sweet warned that Trump administration policies harm America’s interests.

In an editorial entitled “America is losing Trade Wars” published Thursday in The Hill, Toth and Sweet criticized the administration of its “self -destructive approach”, saying that it “will not make America again great”.

“On the contrary, if it is not controlled, it could lead to the partial or complete destruction of American economic and military power,” they wrote.

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Toth is a veteran commentator on national security and Sweet served 30 years as an army intelligence officer.

Analysts said that the first war that the administration is losing is “the only Russian president Vladimir Putin said against the West when he invaded Ukraine”.

“The second is metaphorical-the only president Trump himself is now heading for the American allies,” they wrote, referring to Trump’s decision to impose radical prices on American imports.

Commenting on the treatment by the president of the Russian-Ukraine conflict, they said that Putin “just plays Trump for the time”, adding that he is preparing a new multi-pont offensive in the Donbas.

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Russia announced on Monday that “one of the largest conscription series for Russia soldiers for several years is underway.”

“He made a concession after the concession to Russia, including partial ceasefire against energy targets in Russia and naval targets in the Black Sea-to bring Putin to the Djeddah negotiation table,” they said about Trump.

“However, Moscow said on Tuesday that she rejects Trump’s ceasefire agreement” in its current form. “”

The writers said that Chinese President Xi Jinping “also took advantage of the world’s missteps from Team Trump and the geopolitical vacuums they create throughout the region.”

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“To support its growing military power, Beijing announced in March, it increased its 7.2% defense budget in 2025,” they added.

They advised the administration to reach out to the American allies and to “build a combined and united response”, noting that the administration made “the opposite of that” by declaring on April 2 as “Liberation Day”.

“The EU is larger as a market than the American economy as a whole,” they said, adding that European allies are turning to South Korea and France to meet their weapons requirements, representing 6.5% of European imports of NATO in 2024.

“Alienating your allies is a bad action plan,” said experts.

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