US President Donald Trump is poised to present a new national security strategy that envisions a world in which the United States confronts China and Russia – the two powers which are challenging American global hegemony.
Trump will provide details about his plan in a speech on Monday afternoon.
Trump’s strategy, according to senior administration officials who offered a preview Sunday, outlines a detailed plan to push back against China’s global economic ambitions, but does not say much about how Russia will be confronted, according to The New York Times.
The plan is the first comprehensive effort by the Republican president to describe an all-encompassing strategic worldview, and the one which if fully implemented could radically alter America’s relationships with the rest of the world.
Trump administration officials said the strategy was drawn from speeches the president had delivered during his 2016 presidential…