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Is Trump pulling a Nixon in reverse, trying to coax Russia out of China’s orbit?
While making overtures to Putin, he has not engaged with Xi.
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US President Donald Trump is better disposed towards Russia than any other American president since the end of the Cold War.
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To understand the unfolding American policy towards Asia, look not to the iconic Republican president Ronald Reagan, the leader President Donald Trump often names as his inspiration.
Instead, consider Richard Nixon. The Cold War-era American president successfully engaged with China in the 1970s, when both Beijing and Moscow vied for leadership of the communist world and competed for influence in Asia while stationing millions of troops along their shared border.
