Japan, South Korea and other countries want to partner with the United States in a "gigantic" natural gas pipeline in Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, claiming they would invest "trillions of dollars each.

Japan and South Korea are at their most fragile political states in decades – just as Trump’s return to the White House disrupts an already-changing global order.

The Trump administration’s approach to its alliances has shaken Europe. Indo-Pacific partners also have cause to be worried.

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to say Tuesday that South Korea, Japan and other countries want to be partners as his administration is working on a natural gas pipeline in Alaska, according to excerpts of his planned address to a joint session of Congress.