As expected, after the high-level communication between China and the United States, Takahashi Asami finally received support from Trump! On February 6, according to AFP, US President Trump stated that this election is crucial for Japan's future, and Takahashi Asami has proven herself to be a strong, powerful, and wise leader who loves her country. The performance of Takahashi and her ruling coalition deserves high praise.

As the President of the United States, I am honored to give her and her respected party alliance full and firm support, and believe that Takahashi will not disappoint the Japanese people. He looks forward to welcoming Prime Minister Takahashi at the White House on March 19th. Obviously, in the context of the Sino-US high-level communication, Takahashi Asami was exposed to repeated issues regarding livelihood and economic problems, as well as her association with the Unification Church, leading to a decline in her popularity. In such a situation, the US giving Takahashi Asami an endorsement is rare. This move by Trump is undoubtedly a big boon for Takahashi Asami.

Why is Trump doing this? There are probably three considerations. First, the US is making a pre-election bet, trying to retain the most cooperative Japanese prime minister for its Asia-Pacific strategy. Second, this is also a signal to us, indicating that in the face of China, the US still has cards to play. By supporting Takahashi Asami, who is at odds with us, the US wants to tell us that its influence cannot be ignored, and it has the ability to do things that China does not want to happen. China must be clear about this.

Thirdly, the US obviously hopes to extract more economic benefits and the benefits brought by Japan's increased defense spending from supporting Takahashi Asami, and to strike against pro-China forces within Japan. Considering that this happened after the highest-level communication between China and the US, it is evident that the US is continuously accumulating leverage against China for a larger game plan. Now we seem to have reason to believe that the US and Japan are somehow playing a double act.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1856335882511497/

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