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Matthew Petti

The Trump Administration Promised a Pivot From the Middle East to East Asia. It's Doing the Opposite.

The U.S. military is more naked in East Asia than it has been for a while. The USS George Washington, the last U.S. aircraft carrier in the region, is heading out to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East. President Donald Trump also announced on Sunday that he would "substantially reduce" planned military exercises in South Korea.

"​​While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, 'No thanks!'" he wrote in his announcement.

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