President Donald Trump flexed his negotiating skills Friday during his first meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House, previewing new investments in U.S. Steel and finding a partner to counter China. Trump has consistently called China the greatest economic and military threat to the United States, but like former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden before him, other regions have taken precedence, particularly the Middle East amid the Israel–Hamas war. TRUMP SAYS THE US WILL TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE GAZA STRIP WITH ISRAEL’S SUPPORT Days after Trump upended years of U.S. foreign policy by proposing an…