The world was shocked by Donald Trump’s oval office clash with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The US president has been aligning himself with Russia’s view of the war in Ukraine and pressuring the Ukrainians to start negotiating, without any iron-clad security guarantees. As Donald Trump takes a less adversarial approach to Vladimir Putin, who else wins? Today, Dan Blumenthal, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a centre right think tank, on what it all means for China’s ambitions in our region and around the world. Featured: Dan Blumenthal, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute

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