As a continuation of Mutsuo Mabuchi’s essay, this article examines President Trump’s national-first principles, his struggle against the Deep State and the Chinese Communist Party, the limits of international cooperation, Japan’s worldview of Hakko Ichiu, and why Japan must move away from dependence on China.

June 10, 2020
At present, it appears that both the public and private sectors are showing deference to China, but it is clear that the world has begun to turn the rudder toward decoupling from China.
The following is a continuation of the previous chapter.
A national-first order.
The third is the battle by President Trump to seek a new world order based on each country’s national-first principles.
President Trump has made clear, as symbolized by the U.S.-China trade war, that he will not allow the Chinese Communist Party regime to benefit unilaterally from America.
His true aim is the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party regime, which is the entity farthest removed from “one’s own country first.”
As part of this, he is strongly demanding that China reveal the truth about the outbreak of Wuhan pneumonia.
For President Trump, the Deep State, which promotes globalism, is, along with China, nothing other than an enemy that must be defeated.
To begin with, Trump sought the presidency in order to take politics back from the Deep State and return it to the hands of the American people.
For that purpose, it is necessary for him to be reelected president at all costs.
What expressed President Trump’s worldview in a single phrase was his United Nations speech last September, in which he emphasized that the goal America seeks is “harmony among the world.”
And he passionately called for each country to put itself first, saying, “If you want peace, love your nation. Wise leaders always put the good of their own people and their own country first.”
In the present crisis, the governments of various countries are acting desperately by thinking first of “their own people and their own country’s interests,” as President Trump emphasized.
Fine-sounding phrases such as international cooperation do not work.
In an emergency, it has become clear that the WHO, the United Nations, and other countries will not help.
It can be said that the correctness of President Trump’s worldview has been proven.
It is precisely national-first principles that lead to harmony in the world, and they can give birth to a new world order in which countries with their own distinctive cultures coexist under the roof called the world.
This world order is the same as the worldview of “Hakko Ichiu,” the traditional spirit of our country.
Is not President Trump’s “harmony among the world” precisely the national principle of our country for three thousand years?
At present, it appears that both the public and private sectors are showing deference to China, but it is clear that the world has begun to turn the rudder toward decoupling from China.
After the Second World War, our country was basically under the influence of the Deep State, but with the emergence of President Trump, their influence over Japan has greatly receded.
Taking advantage of that gap, China has penetrated every corner of our country.
The present Wuhan pneumonia crisis has become an opportunity to make us recognize how dangerous dependence on China is for the safety of the people of our country.
The wisdom needed to overcome this unprecedented national crisis lies in a return to our traditional spirit.
Our country’s survival strategy consists entirely in working together with President Trump to build a new world order based on national-first principles.