By Bertil Lintner

The Irrawaddy-Mar 12, 2025

In view of the recently forged Moscow-Washington Axis—and given the junta’s cordial relationship with Russia—the independent media and many democracy activists fear that there will be fundamental changes to the United States’ Myanmar policy. Until Donald Trump assumed power and moved into the White House in January, the United States was an outspoken critic of the junta, the State Administration Council (SAC), as well as a major supporter of Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement. Now, the Trump administration has terminated all such support, and that has caused a major crisis among the media outlets which depended on support from the United States. It has also had deadly consequences for refugees on the Thai border who are no longer getting the aid they once depended on.

Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/will-trump-seek-to-engage-with-the-myanmar-junta.html First published in The Irrawaddy