WASHINGTON, May 19 ― Joe Biden leaves today for his first trip as president to Asia convinced that the confrontation with Russia has reinvigorated US leadership, while wary that...
WASHINGTON, May 19 ― Joe Biden leaves today for his first trip as president to Asia convinced that the confrontation with Russia has reinvigorated US leadership, while wary that a rogue North Korean nuclear test could tear up the optimistic script.
The trip is being touted as proof that the United States is further building on recent moves to cement its years-long pivot to Asia, where rising Chinese commercial and military power is increasingly pushing back against decades of US leadership. But Sullivan said there was no “tension” in the twin focus. “We regard this as mutually reinforcing,” Sullivan told reporters.
But for all the White House's evident self-confidence, officials admit that North Korea's nuclear weapons programme is a wild card on the trip.
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