100 days into President Donald Trump’s term, allies and adversaries are asking if a Trump Doctrine is emerging from the White House, or simply a family-run business of policy. Long-time American allies are comforted, though, knowing National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis make up an experienced national security team. But Asian allies, such as South Korea and Japan, are worried about US policy on North Korea–especially when for a time it was unclear if the USS Carl Vinson was steaming towards North Korea or not. It raised the question of whether the administration really has its deterrence policy in order. And South Korea was said to feel confused and betrayed when the carrier was actually found to be steaming away from, not towards, the Korean Peninsula.
100 days in, Trump makes Asian allies distinctly uneasy
