Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US military has begun to upgrade its operations in Japan to a new “war-fighting” command, highlighting the Trump administration’s focus on China as its primary security challenge.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US military has begun to upgrade its operations in Japan to a new “war-fighting” command, highlighting the Trump administration’s focus on China as its primary security challenge.
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In a normal political environment I’d say this is a normal part of the games China & the US have been playing in Asia for a long time, and actually a good thing, considering how China postures around Taiwan.
But as things stand with the US now, this seems like just one more contradiction, and unclear motivation.