Robert O’Brien, who served as former President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, laid out his vision of what the U.S. needs to do to prevent a war from breaking out with China in the next several years.
O’Brien made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” when asked what another Trump administration would do if China invaded Taiwan.
“It’s called strategic ambiguity,” O’Brien said. “And we don’t tell the Chinese how we’re going to react to their actions. But the key thing is peace through strength. If we have a strong Navy, if we move our soldiers and Marines out of Europe, in Germany, where they’re garrisoned, and put them in Guam and Hawaii and the Philippines, and Australia, where we have Marines already, that sends a strong message to the Chinese not to invade.”
“The key is to deter war, not to…
