Add Republican objections to Trump’s China capitulations to the growing realm of defections from leaders of his own party.

The Japanese parliament has approved the nation’s largest defense budget yet, allocating 2 percent of its GDP to military spending two years ahead of schedule, a reflection of the escalating security threats in the region and the increasing pressure from the Trump administration on allies to spend more on their own defense.

The NDAA includes new sanctions on Chinese fentanyl traffickers as Trump declares the deadly drug a weapon of mass destruction, building on strikes against Venezuela.

T HE BIG noise in 2025 has been President Donald Trump. Launching a barrage of executive orders, he directed his fire at target after target. With the aid of Elon Musk, he attempted to dismantle the federal bureaucracy. On “Liberation Day” he rewrote the rules of trade. Around the world he imposed peace and threatened war.

When the Trump administration unveiled its new national security strategy (NSS) last week, many experts noticed one major shift: how it talks – or more importantly, doesn’t talk – about China.

President Trump’s conflicting approach to China has led to Republican legislation to prevent the Trump administration from liberalizing regulations that limit China’s access to

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The president’s second-term China policy started out aggressive. That quickly changed. Derek Scissors is chief economist of the China Beige Book. Zack Cooper is a lecturer in public and international affairs at Princeton University. Both writers are senior fellows at the American Enterprise Institute.

The United States can either accept China’s dominion or will have to deprive China of the thing it needs most to fuel its economy.