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Trump 2.0 in Asia: Can his transactional foreign policy really restore Asian allies’ trust in Washington?

Trump’s return to Asia has been markedly different in tone, if not in intent. After years of deriding allies as “freeloaders” and threatening to withdraw troops unless they paid more for US protection, the president has this week struck a notably softer chord.

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