America’s resolve was brought home by President Trump in Asia. His opening speeches in Japan at the beginning of his Asia – “Indo-Pacific” – tour, reminded the world of America’s top priorities. Military and economic, in the multi-billion dollar trade deals in arms, while criticizing the multi-billion dollar trade deficit between the two countries, South Korea and China.
America does have treaty obligations to defend Japan and South Korea. In light of the August 29 firing by North Korea of a missile over the island of Hokkaido, America has to ask itself if it would accept or tolerate any nation firing a missile from Cuba across Florida, or any part of the U.S. or its territories. The answer is a definitive No! America would shoot it down, the same way Saudi Arabia shot down the missile fired from Yemen at the Saudi International Airport – with a U.S. made defense system — during Trump’s trip. What better demonstrative sales pitch? What better way to honor treaty obligations?
Referring to Japan’s Abe, “He will shoot them out of the sky when he completes the purchase of lots of additional military equipment from the United States,” Trump said. “The prime minister of Japan is going to be purchasing massive amounts of military equipment, as he should,” he added.
In South Korea he said the country would be buying “billions of dollars” worth of arms from the U.S.
“That, frankly for them, makes a lot of sense and for us it means jobs, it means reducing our trade deficit,” he said.
In China, since America doesn’t want to sell any arms that China wants, and the trade deficit is estimated to rise to $370 billion this year from $347 billion in 2016, Trump pushed “billions” of dollars of trade deals for American agriculture, aviation, beef, energy, environmental-pollution solutions, financial services and intellectual property.
“Indo-Pacific” covers almost half the world population. America can’t even manage or control Asia-Pacific so how on earth does it plan to manage more with its new Indo-Pacific strategy? America cannot contain China, with or without India, Japan and Australia. America should make America-Asia First, in partnership with China its Asia-Pacific strategy. A topic I have advocated at length in my Custom Maid for New World Disorder trilogy.
America and China can enhance their military cooperation by agreeing during the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing on how to take out North Korea’s nuclear arsenal — militarily.
The U.S. missile attack on a Syrian airbase during the Trump-Xi dinner in Florida, was a warning to China and North Korea that has clearly been ignored. Last night at their private dinner and today, North Korea no-doubt dominates the conversations, hopefully, with a solution that further cements U.S.-Sino relations and makes America-Asia Great!