Trump to Declare Russia, China as Competitors Challenging US Power – Reports

• Trump to Declare Russia, China as Competitors Challenging US Power – Reports
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  US President Donald Trump is expected to present his “America First” national security strategy on Monday, with the White House arousing the public’s curiosity by publishing excerpts of the document.
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  The US President Donald Trump is expected to declare Russia and China political rivals, aiming to challenge US power, security and prosperity in his new national policy blueprint, which has been in the works for months by the president and his top advisers.
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  “They are determined to make economies less free and less fair, to grow their militaries, and to control information and data to repress their societies and expand their influence,” Trump’s national security strategy reads, according to extracts released by the White House. 
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  “Revisionist Powers”
  According to a senior US administration official, the document identifies these countries as revisionist powers, as Moscow and Beijing exert efforts to “change the status quo.”
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  “Revisionist means basically powers that are seeking to change the status quo, so that most people would argue that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Georgia, those activities sought to change status quo in Europe in a generally non-positive direction nor a peaceful direction … Essentially also with China building up in the South China Sea, they’re trying to change the status quo,” the representative of the US administration added.
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  The strategy outlines the major threats facing the United States, as well as the administration’s plans to address them.
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