Compete with China and expand U.S. engagement abroad

Moore supports confronting China’s growing influence and competing with Beijing, including by engaging with developing nations. He also supports using international trade policy, development assistance, and disaster relief as forms of U.S. influence, with the stated aim of preventing the Global South from becoming subservient to China.

Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 10, 2026.

In their own words

We also should leverage soft power tools like a robust international trade policy and commitment to development and disaster relief assistance

The source

Blake D. Moore: Foreign Affairs

Published: Original date not established; campaign context manually checked
Retrieved: 11/10/2026