Professor: Trumps seeks to divide Russia & China

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00:00So I think what the Trump administration wants to do is, number one, it wants to be able to pivot,

00:05to be able to pivot fully to Asia by putting an end to the war in Ukraine. And then number two,

00:12as you describe, I think that the United States would like to drive a wedge between Russia and

00:20China. Whether it can do that, given American behavior over the past decades, is questionable.

00:29I'm not sure the Russians trust us enough that they'd break with the Chinese in any meaningful

00:34way. But I do think that is an American goal.