Trump and Pacific Island States: New possibilities

US President Donald Trump at work on day one.

Leaders across the Pacific Island states are ready for the return to Oval Office by President Donald Trump. They are both anxious and hopeful. There is turbulence ahead in the Pacific Island States and the US relationship. There is anxiety that the step up in US engagement building under the Biden Presidency may be discontinued. A recalibration of this relationship may be necessary – in ways that ensures that US-Pacific relations are more overtly responsive to US concerns, and equally respectful of the sovereignty and interests of Pacific Island states. This will not be an easy task.

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