If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he should sever all economic ties with China, consider deploying the entire U.S. Marine Corps to Asia and resume live nuclear-weapons testing, his former national security adviser writes in an article offering the most detailed account of what foreign policy may look like in a second Trump term.
The proposals are spelled out in an article set to appear in Foreign Affairs magazine written by Trump¡¯s last national security adviser, Robert O¡¯Brien, who may get another top job if Trump wins a new term as president in November. While O¡¯Brien was a hard-liner and helped fuel the tougher stance toward China that emerged late in Trump¡¯s time in office, the prescriptions he spells out go far beyond anything he publicly advocated at the time.
¡°As China seeks to undermine American economic and military strength, Washington should return the favor,¡± O¡¯Brien writes in the article¡¯s most explosive policy prescription, saying that ¡°Washington should, in fact, seek to decouple its economy from China¡¯s.¡±
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