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CNN)In just one year, US President Donald Trump has changed the way Asia looks at the United States.
The cornerstones of American power in Asia, Japan, Australia and South Korea, all lost a little faith in their longtime close ally and protector in 2017, according to Gallup polling.
No military assets have been withdrawn, no embassies closed, but the lack of interest expressed by a US administration focused on "America First" has deeply shaken its status in the region.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/27/asia/asia-trump-us-china-intl/index.html
Hard to blame them. Now Trump is starting a trade war as well.