US to be more focused and engaged in the region

This is the wish of Hsien Loong as the PM of Singapore. Singapore needs
the Americans to be here, to balance China’s influence and the
neighbouring countries. This sounds good as a geopolitical strategy.
There is a Chinese saying, 引狼入室, translated as inviting the wolf into
the house.
 
The USA used to be seen as a benign and gracious power particularly to
its allies for several decades. But