Friday Focus: Trump attacks Zelensky and Xi Jinping sees an opportunity
Friday Focus: Trump attacks Zelensky and Xi Jinping sees an opportunity
On this week’s Friday Focus, Rudyard and Janice start the show by talking about Donald Trump’s personal attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Are business opportunities in Russia causing the US to abandon its allies and European partners? The long-term consequence of this – depriving the US of any legitimacy among Democratic states – is catastrophic. Rudyard and Janice then turn to Taiwan and the South China Sea where Xi Jinping is taking advantage of USAID’s closure to leverage Chinese money and gain influence abroad. In the absence of American power and pressure, can the Chinese leader get the territory he has long sought without military force?
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