U.S. Defense

I think it's a mistake for any administration to draw red lines...By trumpeting a minor strike in Syria and drawing red lines on Korea, the Trump administration has repeated Obama's mistake. They are now ignoring the breach of those red lines because it was a political talking point rather than a strategic one, just as was the case with Obama.

I thought the analysis [in the National Defense Strategy] was good and the general main message, that we are in a great power competition, I thought exactly right… At critical moments [President Trump] will need to make the decision ... to actually uphold this world view.