With TPP, US was at the center of a 13-country pact excluding China. Now, 11 of them made a pact excluding US, and many are getting closer to China. Trump abandoned a great geopolitical move containing China's rise, and united other countries in an anti-US containment strategy.https://twitter.com/AP/status/929142126759350272 …
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Did Trump really think he could screw over a bunch of countries, tossing aside 7 years of painstaking negotiations, and they'd come crawling back? They're countries, not contractors or business partners. You can't scare them with lawsuits, or trick them with bankruptcies. 3/x
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POTUS' Asia trip hasn't been nearly as gaffe-prone as his swing through Europe. But it's been more embarrassing. Trying, and failing, to get bilateral trade deals to replace the multilateral deal he walked away from. And a spectacle of ass kissing in China. 4/x
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Diplomacy is not purely transactional. It's about building relationships--cultivating long-term partners, not "winning" short-term deals. To address the incredibly difficult problem of North Korea, Trump needs to unite many countries behind him. But who wants to follow? 5/x
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To stand up to Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea, the US needs to work with Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei. Those countries all have maritime claims that overlap China's, and they're also three of the countries Trump abandoned by quitting the TPP. 6/x
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Thanks to Trump, it's abundantly clear to everyone in the region that the future belongs to China. It was inevitable that American hegemony would decline. But I never thought the US would just give it away. (END)
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And Kim is crowing about it. Trump has destroyed USA. At home and aboard.
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