The Trump Administration: From “No War Hawks” to ALL War Hawks

• Despite US voters hoping the incoming Trump administration will end America’s wars abroad, citing apparent interest in divesting in Ukraine as proof of change to come, President-elect Trump and his vice president pick JD Vance have vowed even while campaigning to shift US attention overseas from Ukraine to a much larger and more dangerous confrontation with China;

• US confrontation with China has been unfolding for decades with the incoming Trump administration continuing policies inherited from both the Biden and Obama administrations;

• The US maintains 10,000s of troops in arc along China’s shores in South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines, closer to Chinese territory than to US shores on the other side of the Pacific Ocean;

• During the Biden administration, the US military has been transformed for combat specifically with China and will be standing by just as a Trump administration begins America’s pivot from Ukraine toward the Asia-Pacific;

References:

NEO – The Trump Administration: From “No War Hawks” to ALL War Hawks:

The Trump Administration: From “No War Hawks” to ALL War Hawks

Telegraph – No place for war hawks in my father’s Cabinet, says Donald Trump Jr (November 10, 2024):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-new…

Reuters – Trump administration hits China’s Huawei with one-two punch (May 2019):
https://www.reuters.com/article/busin…

Reuters – Huawei CFO strikes agreement with U.S. over fraud charges, allowing her to leave Canada (Sept. 2021):
https://www.reuters.com/technology/hu…

VOA – Why Trump Has Gotten Extra Tough in Monitoring China at Sea (Jun. 2019):
https://www.voanews.com/a/east-asia_w…

FT – China slams ‘unprecedented’ US military build-up in Asia (Nov. 2016):
https://www.ft.com/content/2f8b366a-b…

Guardian – Trump contradicts aides and says troops in Syria ‘only for oil’ (Nov 2019):
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2…

NBC News – Trump authorized Soleimani’s killing 7 months ago, with conditions (Jan. 2020):
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/nati…

ABC News – Trump admin approves new sale of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine (Oct. 2019):
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump…

White House – President Donald J. Trump to Withdraw the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (Feb. 2019):
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/…

White House – Joint Statement from United States and Germany on Long-Range Fires Deployment in Germany (Jul. 2024):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-r…

NED – Elise Stefanik:
https://www.ned.org/experts/the-honor…

RAND Corporation – Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_re…

Reuters – Rubio says Trump will continue to back Taiwan in a second term (Jul. 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/sena…

US State Department – US – Taiwan Relations:
https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-w…

BBC – How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (Feb. 1, 2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-can…

Defense News – US Air Force eyes missile defense for dispersed bases in China fight (August 2024):
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2024/…

BBC – What Trump’s win means for Ukraine, Middle East and China (Nov. 6, 2024):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d…

Newsweek – JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 28, 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim…