Trump’s Mixed Messages Fail to Reassure Asian Allies
- 7 years ago
Trump’s Mixed Messages Fail to Reassure Asian Allies
Still, Mr. Campbell said, "If this trip were a high-wire act, President Trump managed to get to the other side."
And yet there were subtler signs of tension, which spoke to the conflicting messages Mr. Trump brought to Asia and suggested a level of disarray in the White House’s policy toward the region.
Trump said that This has been a very fruitful trip for us and, also, in all fairness, for a lot of other nations,
After declaring in Beijing that he did not blame the Chinese for chronic imbalances with the United States, he delivered a withering denunciation
in Vietnam of regional trade pacts, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, from which Mr. Trump has withdrawn the United States.
Evan said that Despite all the craziness of Trump, the U.S. remains in the game in Asia,
Before his meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia, for example, Mr. Trump had a brief contretemps with Mr. Turnbull over trade imbalances after he asserted
that the United States ran deficits with "almost everybody." "Except us," Mr. Turnbull interjected.
Whether recruiting partners to confront North Korea even as he castigated them for trade abuses, or embracing China at the same time
that he lined up a like-minded coalition to contain it, Mr. Trump was often a bewildering figure to countries that had already viewed the new president with anxiety.
Still, Mr. Campbell said, "If this trip were a high-wire act, President Trump managed to get to the other side."
And yet there were subtler signs of tension, which spoke to the conflicting messages Mr. Trump brought to Asia and suggested a level of disarray in the White House’s policy toward the region.
Trump said that This has been a very fruitful trip for us and, also, in all fairness, for a lot of other nations,
After declaring in Beijing that he did not blame the Chinese for chronic imbalances with the United States, he delivered a withering denunciation
in Vietnam of regional trade pacts, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, from which Mr. Trump has withdrawn the United States.
Evan said that Despite all the craziness of Trump, the U.S. remains in the game in Asia,
Before his meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia, for example, Mr. Trump had a brief contretemps with Mr. Turnbull over trade imbalances after he asserted
that the United States ran deficits with "almost everybody." "Except us," Mr. Turnbull interjected.
Whether recruiting partners to confront North Korea even as he castigated them for trade abuses, or embracing China at the same time
that he lined up a like-minded coalition to contain it, Mr. Trump was often a bewildering figure to countries that had already viewed the new president with anxiety.