West OC Times

Rep. Michelle Steel has expressed her views on the Asia-Pacific region's challenges and opportunities for the incoming Trump Administration through an op-ed in Newsweek. In her piece, she discusses the need to counter threats from the Chinese Communist Party and enhance alliances with Japan and South Korea.

Steel emphasizes that "with rising threats from the CCP and their regional allies, President Trump will have his work cut out for him in the Asia-Pacific Region." She sees these challenges as a chance for the United States to "reassert itself on the international stage, restore global stability, and defend freedom."

She further argues that "the dangerous China-North Korea-Russia partnership merits a strong, deterrence-focused response," stressing that "the safety and security of regional allies like Japan, South Korea, and others depends on a United States that is feared by our adversaries."

Born in South Korea and raised in Japan, Steel speaks both Japanese and Korean fluently. Throughout her time in Congress, she has worked to strengthen the trilateral relationship between the U.S., Japan, and South Korea to counteract aggression from Communist China.