Trump has no understanding of geo-politics: Analyst
US President Donald Trump’s criticism of China for not stopping North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs underscores that Trump has no understanding of geo-politics, says an American political analyst.
“President Trump’s lambasting of China is symptomatic of Trump’s many shortcomings,” said Rodney Martin, a former congressional staffer based in Los Angeles, California.
Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping had a high-profile summit in April at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump said he hoped Xi would help resolve the North Korean standoff.
“He clearly doesn’t understand the office and believes that a short visit to Mar-a-Lago with China’s president clearly has some sort of long-term credibility and influence over China early in his presidency,” Martin told Press TV on Wednesday.
“He clearly has no understanding of geo-politics and clearly has no understanding of the complexities relating to North Korea and China,” he added.
The Trump administration is frustrated that China hasn’t helped the US in confronting North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs.
“He seems to think that China can just flick a switch and tell North Korea what to do, which is Trump’s own problem. Trump seems to think he can just bully and harangue and tell the Congress of the United States and other countries what to do,” Martin said.
“He is expecting China to interfere into the sovereign affairs of another country, namely North Korea,” he added.
“It’s also symptomatic of American mind-set. For 70 years since 1945, the United States has trotted around the world interfering in the internal affairs of other sovereign states and if it didn’t do it, it would use proxy states, much like it is doing in the Middle East and in using Saudi Arabia to interfere in the sovereign affairs of various Middle Eastern countries.”
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