Esper: US Watching China ‘Very Carefully’

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper with President Donald Trump, outside the White House on May 15, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

The United States is watching China “very carefully,” Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Friday.

Esper told radio host Hugh Hewitt that the current era features competition between great powers, with the United States’ biggest competitor being China.