Jake Tapper

of strong capable democratic allies and now what president trump is doing is china's work for it he is single-handedly taking away this huge asset and i would say that there are a number of costs to that but one of the biggest ones is that for us to compete effectively with china in the future

We need to be flanked by strong allies, capable allies, and going it alone in this trade war and the broader competition with China is a weaker way to approach things than with the strength of having a lot of people standing with us.

We need to be flanked by strong allies, capable allies, and going it alone in this trade war and the broader competition with China is a weaker way to approach things than with the strength of having a lot of people standing with us.

We need to be flanked by strong allies, capable allies, and going it alone in this trade war and the broader competition with China is a weaker way to approach things than with the strength of having a lot of people standing with us.

From your perspective and what you can share, Are you seeing things that are worrisome in terms of China reaching out, driving wedges in the TPP, reaching out to Southeast Asian countries? And, you know, you see Xi Jinping having those types of meetings, reaching out to Europe to sell vehicles there and reaching out to Australia to build the lines.

From your perspective and what you can share, Are you seeing things that are worrisome in terms of China reaching out, driving wedges in the TPP, reaching out to Southeast Asian countries? And, you know, you see Xi Jinping having those types of meetings, reaching out to Europe to sell vehicles there and reaching out to Australia to build the lines.

From your perspective and what you can share, Are you seeing things that are worrisome in terms of China reaching out, driving wedges in the TPP, reaching out to Southeast Asian countries? And, you know, you see Xi Jinping having those types of meetings, reaching out to Europe to sell vehicles there and reaching out to Australia to build the lines.

Are you seeing things like that form that you go, wow, we spent so much time, whether it was with Biden or Obama, building certain things. only for it to crumble in under 100 days?

Are you seeing things like that form that you go, wow, we spent so much time, whether it was with Biden or Obama, building certain things. only for it to crumble in under 100 days?

Are you seeing things like that form that you go, wow, we spent so much time, whether it was with Biden or Obama, building certain things. only for it to crumble in under 100 days?

Well, here's a split screen for you. In the summer of 2023, President Biden brought the leaders of Japan and South Korea, who had historically been adversaries, together for a trilateral summit at Camp David.

Well, here's a split screen for you. In the summer of 2023, President Biden brought the leaders of Japan and South Korea, who had historically been adversaries, together for a trilateral summit at Camp David.

Well, here's a split screen for you. In the summer of 2023, President Biden brought the leaders of Japan and South Korea, who had historically been adversaries, together for a trilateral summit at Camp David.

really stitching an alliance for the indo-pacific among three great democracies the u.s south korea and japan a few weeks ago china brought together japan and south korea at a very senior level the foreign minister level and they issued a joint statement those three countries and in it they said we're going to work together on issues of trade and it was anticipating

really stitching an alliance for the indo-pacific among three great democracies the u.s south korea and japan a few weeks ago china brought together japan and south korea at a very senior level the foreign minister level and they issued a joint statement those three countries and in it they said we're going to work together on issues of trade and it was anticipating

really stitching an alliance for the indo-pacific among three great democracies the u.s south korea and japan a few weeks ago china brought together japan and south korea at a very senior level the foreign minister level and they issued a joint statement those three countries and in it they said we're going to work together on issues of trade and it was anticipating

that President Trump wouldn't just have a trade war or trade competition with China, but that he was going to pick fights with their allies too.

that President Trump wouldn't just have a trade war or trade competition with China, but that he was going to pick fights with their allies too.

that President Trump wouldn't just have a trade war or trade competition with China, but that he was going to pick fights with their allies too.

So that's a great example, which we see replicated in China's outreach to Europe, China's outreach to Southeast Asia, even China's outreach to Canada and Mexico, that shows you that they see a real opportunity based on the fact that President Trump is casting aside our alliances to make gains at our expense.