I have recently been seeing little bits and pieces about President Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to Asia. I have been quite intrigued by this considering all that has been occurring between the U.S. and Asian countries recently (North Korea). I came upon this article on CNN, “Focused on North Korea, Trump begins high-stakes Asian diplomacy tour.” The title truly expresses what I was questioning this whole time about his trip, “high-stakes”. I certainly am no expert on what is going on with the U.S. and all of Asia, but I do know enough about the North Korea situation to be quite curious about the news of our president traveling to that country. Now according to this CNN article, “Donald Trump’s national security adviser issued a stark warning the day before the President left Washington for a critical swing through Asia: We’re running out of time.” The article continues to explain that the risk of military confrontation with North Korea appears to only grow by the week and that North Korea is quietly but definitely aggressively, working to advance its intercontinental ballistic middle program to reach the United States with nuclear warhead. Reading this is very uncomfortable and the following line did not help, “And while the US, its allies and even its adversaries agree more must be done— and quickly— there is no consensus on how to proceed” (cnn.com). I was very unaware of just how serious this situation was until I read this article! This is very concerning and frightening for me to comprehend.
As I continued to read I learned more about President Trump’s agenda and reasoning for his visit to Asia. He will be there for thirteen days and meet with key players and get a first-hand view of the North Korean nuclear threat— the United State’s best chance to stave off a crisis that is threatening to the embroil the US in its first major war in Asia since the Vietnam War (cnn.com). The goal of this trip is for our president to return to Washington with a clear message on how the United States is to approach the North Korean crisis.
Ideally the President will be able to return with a better mindset on the next step of action to take to help our country stay out of this possible future crisis. The article then steps into what our current strategy is for the Unites States. CNN tells us, “It is important the President bring forth a clear message that is not contradicted by his Cabinet members. You've got Tillerson talking diplomacy, you've got the President talking military action and personal insults," said Bill Richardson, the former US energy secretary, ambassador and repeat US envoy to North Korea. "And he has to get a common strategy among our allies. We're divided.”
Experts, along with myself for that matter, hope that Trump will focus on putting forward a united front between the US and its allies in that region.
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