President Trump is regularly derided as a diplomatic wrecking ball. Sometimes that’s a fair criticism, sometimes it’s not. But Trump just concluded a crucial diplomatic win in the West Pacific Ocean.

As Reuters reports, the U.S., Indian, Japanese, and Philippine navies on Wednesday finished joint exercises in the South China Sea. It’s a resolute riposte to China’s escalating intimidation toward the Philippines in the South China Sea, Japan in the East China Sea, and India in the Indian Ocean. Yet there are two specific fruits from this joint show of force.