Trump's Zig-Zag China Policy Is Confusing U.S. Allies

July 19, 2017 Topic: Security Region: Asia Tags: Donald TrumpChinaTaiwanNorth KoreaKim Jong-unF-35

Trump's Zig-Zag China Policy Is Confusing U.S. Allies

The president has a famously limited amount of patience and a habit of changing his mind.

 

Dennis P. Halpin, a former adviser on Asian issues to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is a visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute (SAIS).

Image: President Donald Trump talks on the phone aboard Air Force One during a flight to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address a joint gathering of House and Senate Republicans, Thursday, January 26, 2017.