Fred Fleitz: US shifts focus to China

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00:00So just to clarify what you're saying, and to pick up on a couple of the points,

00:03you're saying that Washington basically thinks there's more, there's plenty of other issues

00:09on its radar, notably in Asia-Pacific, and Europe needs to stand on its own two feet.

00:15Is that basically the message?

00:17The US is not going to abandon Europe or abandon the defence of Europe

00:21under the Trump presidency. Hexhaven is very clear about that.

00:24But it is going to prioritise countering the growing threat from China

00:29and Hexhaven tried to make the point that the US has issues to deal with around the world

00:37and defending Europe is no longer going to be America's priority.

00:40It will be something America is committed to,

00:43but we also have a commitment to the growing threat from China in the Asia-Pacific.