Josh Rogin on India Meeting with Russia, China: That’s the Trump Admin. ‘Pushing’ Our Allies into Arms of Our Adversaries

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ROGIN: "Well, what you just noted is that the Trump Administration is pushing America‘s allies into the arms of our adversaries, and that‘s on our screens today. India‘s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is traveling to China for the first time in seven years. And the reason that he‘s doing that, or one of the reasons anyway, is because he wants to show Washington and the Trump Administration that he won‘t be bullied into handing over trade concessions in exchange for tariff relief. And so now we have somehow pushed India and China closer together, pushed India and Russia closer together, and that seems to be against our national security interests. But that is clearly the second-degree effect of waging a trade war against all of our friends at the same time."