How Will Trump Deal with China’s Rise in Latin America?

While the Pentagon and President Donald Trump were planning a cruise missile attack on Syria last week, another member of the U.S. military command was calmly appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Although the commander of the U.S. Southern Command rarely receives much public attention, Admiral Kurt W Tidd’s remarks are worth noting for three insights into the Trump administration’s still-evolving policy toward Latin America.

Tidd got straight to the point, identifying China as a strategic threat to the U.S. just days before the Mar-a-Lago Sino-U.S. presidential...

Read this article on the Americas Quarterly website. | Subscribe to AQ.