OTTAWA — Donald Trump’s presidency will mark a landmark shift in U.S. foreign policy not seen since the end of the Second World War, says former prime minister Stephen Harper. The speech comes on the eve of Trump’s inauguration and represents Harper’s most sweeping foreign policy pronouncement since he lost power in October 2015. Harper said the U.S. global retreat will create significant risks and be the “first big game-changer in American foreign policy under Trump.”The second will be a major shift on China. “Under Trump, the United States will cease to view the rise of China as benign,” Harper said. Trump angered China when he spoke with Taiwan’s president shortly after his election, a move that flew in the face of long-standing U.S. foreign policy.

Source: National Post January 19, 2017 19:22 UTC