On that note, here’s what’s on tap for the day: Trump’s Asia deals give defense a boost before he makes a puzzling nuclear claim , and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a MAGA pit stop in Washington.

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where your co-authors engaged in serious diplomatic and trade negotiations over their respective contributions to today’s newsletter.

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where your co-authors engaged in serious diplomatic and trade negotiations over their respective contributions to today’s newsletter.

On that note, here’s what’s on tap for the day: Trump’s Asia deals give defense a boost before he makes a puzzling nuclear claim, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a MAGA pit stop in Washington.

Seoul Plane

U.S. President Donald Trump waited nine months into his second term to make a trip to Asia, but the flurry of agreements he signed with countries in the region—as well as a temporary trade truce with China—suggests that the visit was worth his while.

While trade, tariffs, and critical minerals dominated the agenda, tucked into several of those agreements were deals on defense investment, cooperation, and production. But Trump also caused some discomfort and alarm by first reiterating a push for allies such as South Korea and Japan to spend more on their own defense and then suddenly announcing on his Truth Social platform that the United States would “start testing our Nuclear Weapons” (more on the latter bel