Waller on TV to Middle East: Pompeo is containing Chinese Communist imperialism

As part of the Trump Administration’s tough strategy toward the Chinese Communist Party, Secretary of State Pompeo is meeting with America’s strongest allies and partner in the region, the Center’s senior analyst for strategy tells Arabic-language TV.

Pompeo is working with Japan, Australia, and India to “contain Chinese Communist imperialism,” Dr J. Michael Waller told Alhurra, the US government’s Arabic-language news channel to audiences in the Middle East.

Alhurra invited Waller to comment on Pompeo’s trip to Japan. Pompeo has received criticism in the mainstream press because the other countries didn’t immediately latch on to his tough stance toward Beijing.

Waller explained that it’s understandable for other countries to hedge their bets on such a major strategic issue in the weeks prior to an American presidential election, because the Chinese Communist Party will remain in power no matter who wins.

Japan’s new government is just settling in, Australia is stuck under the thumb of Communist China’s economic dominance and subversion, and the US and India are building a strong relationship for the first time in history but there is no alliance, Waller said. The fact that the group of four countries called the “Quad,” is taking place for a second time is a historic feat, he added.

Asked about the policy differences between Trump and rival Joe Biden, Waller explained how President Trump is the first president ever to take on the aggressive and expanding Chinese Communist Party, while Biden’s Senate career on the foreign relations committee and as vice president have enabled the Communists at the rest of the world’s expense.

Donald Trump, Waller said, is the first American president to push not only for American sovereignty above all, but to encourage other countries with civilized governments to do the same.

The November election will determine if the United States will be strong against the Chinese Communist Party for four more years, or will return to a state of weakness. Waller cited as examples some of the issues in the Center’s 2020 National Security Voter Guide.