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Waltz as US national security adviser would fit in with Trump’s hard line on China: analysts
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Waltz as US national security adviser would fit in with Trump’s hard line on China: analysts

President-elect of the United States Donald Trump’s The reported choice of a China hawk as his new national security adviser hints at a tougher China policy in the new Republican administration, observers say.
According to multiple reports Tuesday, Trump requested this Mike Waltza congressman from Florida and a retired Army Special Forces officer, to fill the key position as he considers who to put on his team for his second presidency.

A staunch supporter of Trump and an outspoken critic of President Joe Biden, Waltz is known to be skeptical of U.S. aid to Ukraine.

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On China, he is seen as one of the most hawkish members of Congress. He is a member of the House Republicans’ China Task Force, which is examining how Washington should compete with Beijing.

In 2021, he called on the US to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics, introducing the resolution by saying that the Chinese Community Party (CCP) had committed a number of heinous acts in the past year alone that should disqualify them from competing. organizing the Winter Olympics. 2022 Winter Olympics”.

“The world cannot legitimize the CCP’s acts of genocide in send,” he said.

According to the Financial Times, he has said that China is an “existential threat” to US interests, and that Washington must make “significant investments in our own preparedness.”