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US allies in Indo-Pacific can breathe easier as election nears
There is a long list of reasons why even a second Trump presidency may – as Mark Twain might have said – not be as bad as it sounds.
Michael GreenCommentatorThe spectre of a second Trump presidency has given US allies in the region cause for alarm.
One need not look far back to see why: during his time in office, Donald Trump not only courted the affection of Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un and briefly Xi Jinping but also casually floated the idea of pulling US troops from South Korea. He has since dangled a peace plan to Putin based on abandoning military support for Ukraine.
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