Abstract
This paper reviews and examines the main drivers and events in U.S. foreign policy towards thePeople’s Republic of China (China) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) sincethe inception of the Trump administration. The article makes a direct comparison between the D. Trumpadministration and its immediate predecessor, the B. Obama Administration. We look at how U.S Foreignpolicy towards these two Asian countries is, under Trump, framed by a reliance on personalism andpower politics on part of the current U.S administration. The paper makes an assessment of how practicalissues with both China (trade, geopolitics in Asia-Pacific), and North Korea (nuclear weapons, sanctions,human rights) have evolved over the last three years, presenting hypothesis for future scenarios ineither the case of a Trump re-election, or a change of leadership in the White House.Key words: North Korea, DPRK, US foreign policy, Trump, China, government, presidential election,administration, power politics, denuclearization.