We really don’t need any more defeatists telling us what is possible and what isn’t. As I recall, most, if not all of what passes as the DC intelligentsia was pushing for Reagan to be diplomatic with the USSR, because the Soviets were there to stay and it was essential that we just find a way to get along. We all know how that turned out.
We should have 5, 10, 20, and 40 year plans on how to deal with China, and this should include ensuring US access to all precious metals we need, and a great strengthening of American production capacity.
RE: We should have 5, 10, 20, and 40 year plans on how to deal with China, and this should include ensuring US access to all precious metals we need, and a great strengthening of American production capacity.
I’m all for that, however, to be realistic, we are making a huge assumption here -— That Trump’s policies will continue AFTER he is no longer President. All we need is a Democrat or a RINO taking over the Presidency and that could possibly be the end of how long term your plan with China is.
Was thinking about that the other day. How it would take Russia decades if it was wanting to try, to rebuild its military state of war it had in the early 1980s. Not a single person, maybe not even Reagan, could have imagined that the USA would have 10 times the military budget or Russia now.