Ex-Trump security adviser backtracks on proposal to send all Marines to Asia

Donald Trump's former national security adviser Robert O'Brien - tipped to play a leading role if the ex-president returns to the White House - backtracked on parts of his proposal to sever US-China economic ties, an aspect of which called for sending the entire US Marine Corps to Asia. O'Brien, who recently submitted a 5,000-word article outlining his thinking to Foreign Affairs, explained on Sunday that instead of the "entire US Marine Corps", it would be only the "fighting force". And he said some Marines would still be stationed at bases like California's Camp Pendleton and North Carolina's Camp Lejeune….