President Donald Trump’s trip to Asia showcased a renewed display of U.S. leadership and put Chinese President Xi Jinping in a weakened diplomatic position, former Undersecretary of Defense Robert Wilkie told Newsmax on Thursday.
“He met with the Japanese, the South Koreans, and to a lesser extent, the Malaysians,” Wilkie, who now chairs the Center for National Security of America First Policy Institute, said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Early.”
“What he got from that was promises by those powerful countries, particularly Japan and South Korea, to build up their militaries with an eye toward deterring the Chinese,” he added.
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