U.S. approach to China's Continued Economic-Military Development (Case Study: Donald Trump Presidency)

United States foreign policy reflects the post-Cold War era that Washington has always been sensitive to the growing regional hegemony of competitors around the world. In between China’s growth in the economy and its expansion into the military has not been separated from this reaction. This approach has been followed in Donald Trump's presidency in a distinctive way, and particularly in economic terms. This paper uses a descriptive-analytic method of data collection through library and internet to understand US foreign policy toward China during the Trump presidency. According to this, the main question of this paper is that in what form can Trumps approach to china’s growth be explained? The research findings show that despite the substantial differences with other US presidents in the post-Cold War era, Trump pursues China's containment and control in the form of an offensive hybrid balance strategy. Trump's balance approach within his personality traits has been largely pursued unilaterally in the economic sphere through the tariff and trade war with China. To counter China's growing economic growth on the one hand, along with Increasing Military Power (With US Military Budget Increasing to Increase Competitive Capacity of US Armed Forces) the most important pillar of Trump's strategy is China's balance However, the statistical data show minimal success of Trump in curbing and slowing Chinese economic growth. It will have to do with the transformation of the status and prestige of the United States in the international system.