An operational timeline of a strike on Iran is displayed during a news conference with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on June 22, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Are the effects of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy strategy beginning to peel away satellite nations that are within Beijing’s orbit? It’s not an easy question to definitively answer, but there are signs that point in that direction.
Christian Milord, M.S., is an Orange County based educator, mentor,
USCG veteran, and writer. His topics of interest include culture,
economics, education, domestic policy, foreign policy, and military
issues.
