President Donald Trump set out a new US security strategy on Friday that calls for a stronger role in the Western Hemisphere. (File Photo)

US President Donald Trump set out a new US security strategy on Friday that calls for a stronger role in the Western Hemisphere, a larger military presence in the Indo-Pacific, and a possible rethink of America’s long-standing partnership with Europe, Reuters reported.

The National Security Strategy, released overnight, outlines what the White House calls “flexible realism” and proposes bringing back elements of the Monroe Doctrine the 19th-century policy that declared the Western Hemisphere to be under US influence.

What the new strategy says

The 29-page document says Trump wants to “restore American preeminence” in the region and argues that a l

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