US President Donald Trump’s strategy for Southeast Asia remains a big enigma with his decision to skip a key regional summit fueling further questions on Washington’s view of the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, according to Michael Green, a nonresident fellow at the Lowy Institute. Two Asian analysts, however, argue that Trump’s apparent distaste for — and distrust of — regionalism and multilateralism, is his bilateral approach that has enabled the US to re-engage with the region and claw back its diminished influence in Southeast Asia. China and members of ASEAN held their largest-ever joint maritime rescue exercise on Tuesday, signaling a lull in South China Sea tensions.