'Kawawang Bangag, nilaglag na ni Trump. Ano na, Brownie? US pa rin? LOL' (Poor Drug Addict, already abandoned by Trump. So what now, Brownie? Still for the US? LOL)
The Situation Report Publication writes, “U.S. President Donald Trump’s newly released 29-page National Security Strategy placed China at the Center of U.S. Policy Priorities for the coming Years".
While the Document discussed tensions in the South China Sea and emphasized the need to maintain U.S. Military dominance across the First Island Chain, Analysts noted that it did not mention the Philippines, a formal U.S. Defense Treaty Ally.
Zack Cooper of the American Enterprise Institute wrote on X that Southeast Asia was “almost completely absent” from the Strategy and highlighted that the Philippines “isn't even mentioned.”
“China is by far the biggest Focus in Asia (and elsewhere). Trump team clearly seeing all of Asia through the Lens of China. Southeast Asia? Almost completely absent. US Treaty Ally Philippines isn't even mentioned! Pacific Islands also nowhere to be seen," Cooper said.
Derek Grossman of the Center for a New American Security likewise observed “basically zero discussion” of Southeast Asia or the Pacific Islands.
SOURCE: Analyst flags absence of U.S. Treaty Ally Philippines in Trump’s new National Security Strategy {Archived Link}
