Spicer: The Policy of Strategic Patience Is ‘Not One that Is Prudent for the United States’

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SPICER: "The era of strategic patience was a policy that the Obama Administration enacted to basically wait and see. We have now understood that that policy is not one that is prudent for the United States and I think that is why you see stepped up efforts, particularly with respect to China. That's why the relationship that the President really is building on from the time he spent down at Mar-a-Lago with President Xi is hopefully going to produce results. Part of it is to actively engage with world partners like China in particular, that have economic and political influence they can utilize."