{"id":144324,"date":"2026-01-16T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144324"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:00:24","slug":"trump-pick-for-south-america-command-sidesteps-china-questions-at-senate-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144324","title":{"rendered":"Trump pick for South America command sidesteps China questions at Senate hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostDays after the operation that abducted then Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump\u2019s nominee to command US forces in Latin America dodged pressure from senators to endorse a military-first plan to counter China\u2019s growing influence in the region.<br \/>\nLieutenant General Francis Donovan, who is nominated to lead US Southern Command (Southcom), repeatedly declined to say whether Washington should rely mainly on force projection to push back against Beijing\u2019s expanding footprint.<br \/>\nThe&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3340106\/trump-pick-south-america-command-sidesteps-china-questions-senate-hearing?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostDays after the operation that abducted then Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump\u2019s nominee to command US forces in Latin America dodged pressure&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144324"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}