China’s communist government is the greatest foreign threat facing the United States, according to former defense secretary Mark Esper, who also said that the regime should be considered an adversary.
“Today, I would describe [China] as our adversary,” Esper said during a July 14 talk at the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank.
“To me, it’s clear that’s what they are.”
Esper said that there were innumerable potential conflicts that could erupt in the Indo-Pacific, many of which could involve China and would carry global significance if allowed to boil over. As such, he said, the United States would need to maintain vigilance in its mission to deter aggression from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)….