Its depressing to watch Congressman Ron DeSantis of Florida on CNBC SQUAWK BOX this morning reaffirming a policy of direct North Korean confrontation rather than looking at Southeast Asia region and China's contention that it is in their sphere of influence. The question is, influence to do what? Logically it would be to secure the regions tech logistics chain that draws in raw materials and finished components fueling China's economic growth. Apparently the logic that Kim Jong Un is an existential threat to their prosperity is not understood by General Secretary Xi Jinping so the best U.S. policy would be to make it clear.
Have Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Secretary of Defense James Mattis make a joint Southeast Asia tour through Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and others. One promoting the U.S. as a safe place for production and assembly for those country's tech companies to have up and running should a nuclear holocaust breakout disrupting any source within a thousand mile radius of Pyongyang. The other opening the door to America's armory so that those nations can protect themselves from the rogue bully that China won't take out,
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