They need us otherwise they would do what Harry Truman would have done. Either Trump is messing with the Chicoms or the deep state is messing with Trump. Trump can say in the words of the Kenyan “cut it out.” Hasn’t happened. Is he scared of the deep state?
Trump shows no fear of the Deep State. However, he can leverage this “uncomfortable” circumstance by dangling the release of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou before the Chinese leader Xi Jinping as an added incentive to come to the table quickly, framing it as a “misunderstanding”, and extract a number of additional concessions.
Playing chess in multiple dimensions continues.