China is literally building new territory for itself in the South China sea and is not paying any attention to international laws in this regard.  Donald Trump is a strategist and he has a plan with regard to the direction of foreign affairs, particularly considering he intends to cancel America's participation in the TPP.   The "stuck in the mud" and two-faced approach of the USA together with the dysfunctional United Nations both need change and a fresh approach.  And you need only look at the evolution of the middle east mess as just one example of that.