President Donald Trump’s Asian tour will begin this weekend, giving the leader of the free world a week and a half to settle the nerves of allies, unnerve North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and realign some of the complicated and competing priorities in the China-US relationship.
A senior fellow with the International Assessment and Strategy Center, Rick Fisher, is hopeful the trip could pave the way for a major shift in nuclear policy that would have the United States redeploy tactical nuclear weapons to Japan and South Korea. Such a move would bolster U.S. allies who have been unsettled by North Korea’s nuclear tests and missile launches, as well as China’s expansive claims to the South China Sea.
