00:00Jabs at European nations, praise for Asian allies, and talks of a stable U.S.-China relationship.
00:07Defense Secretary Pete Hexas took the stage on Saturday at Asia's premier defense summit here in Singapore.
00:14In his address, he loaded countries throughout the Asia-Pac region for bolstering their role capabilities while hitting out at
00:22European allies.
00:23When our interests diverge, we adjust pragmatically without the drama or the moralizing.
00:31I think Western Europe might take note.
00:34NATO's military chief later told Bloomberg there was no drama with the U.S.
00:39We as a military side, we don't have any drama going on.
00:44Now, two key topics were notably missing in Hexas' address, Taiwan and the Iran war.
00:50Perhaps the biggest defense issue facing the world right now.
00:54He spoke of stable U.S.-China ties, though he did not directly mention Taiwan.
00:59The self-rule island the Chinese Communist Party claims as its own is the primary red line in the U
01:07.S.-China relationship.
01:08Hexas sidestepped a question on arms sales to Taiwan, saying it is a decision for his boss, President Donald Trump.
01:17Now, earlier in the month, during a summit in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Trump of a potential conflict
01:23if the Taiwan issue is mismanaged.
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