Trump Adviser Calls Russia and China ‘Threats’ to U.S. Liberty
- Geopolitics ‘are back with a vengeance’ McMaster says
- Says the two countries are undermining stability, ignoring law
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President Donald Trump’s top national security adviser described Russia and China as “revisionist powers” posing bellicose threats to the U.S. in a muscular speech that went further than his boss has in criticizing the two countries.
“Geopolitics are back and are back with a vengeance after this holiday from history we took in the so-called post-Cold War period,” H.R. McMaster, the director of the National Security Council, said in a speech in Washington on Tuesday. China and Russia, he said, “are undermining the international order and stability. They’re ignoring the sovereign rights of their neighbors and the rule of law.”