For Waltz, advising isolationist Trump is a Taiwan-sized problem

During a visit to Taiwan final 12 months, Florida congressman Mike Waltz pressured the U.S. wanted to embrace “strategic readability” and spell out to China that an invasion of the island could be met with a robust U.S. response.

Now that he’s President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming nationwide safety adviser, Waltz is starting to see the worth in ambiguity.

After greater than 24 years within the Army, Waltz constructed his status in Washington as a China hawk, engaged on a House activity power to coordinate coverage towards Beijing. He launched payments to stop federal retirement funds from being invested in China’s navy, lower U.S. dependence on crucial minerals from China, and make the safety of Taiwan a particular purpose for the U.S. navy.