The incoming Trump administration will continue to foster relationships between the United States and its Indo–Pacific allies, according to President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for national security adviser, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.).
Waltz made the comments during an appearance at a “Passing the Baton” event alongside President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington on Jan. 14.
The institute has been organizing the event since 2001 to commemorate the peaceful transition of power from one administration to the next.
Calling the Chinese regime the “greatest adversary” of the United States, Waltz said that one of the critical bipartisan policies on China for the new administration would be to “really continue to reinforce” the existing partnerships with Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, for the shared vision of a free and open Indo–Pacific….