Asia pivot: This time with feeling! Barack Obama’s Asia pivot was a dud, as America was too preoccupied with Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern hotspots. Now, the United States may finally manage an honest-to-goodness Asia pivot as Trump’s new Secretary of State, Senator Marco Rubio, takes office. “Communist China is not, and will never be, a friend to democratic nations,” Rubio wrote on X, formerly Twitter, in August. “In 2016, the United Nations rejected China’s claim to the Philippines’ historically recognized territory in the South China Sea.

Source: Philippine Star November 17, 2024 19:04 UTC