Bot..the wind.
China prefers not to use military power to obtain their objectives. Frankly, they could not achieve air superiority against us nor could they achieve naval supremacy except within the South China Sea by use of anti-ship missiles with limited range.
The “West” tends to view conflict as a strictly military exercise of power. Trump understood China far better than any leader in our history and he was blunting their efforts effectively.
Now the Chinese view the Biden administration as weak and corrupt. Xi is not getting any younger and his impatience grows to achieve the goals of the CCP. It is not a big leap or illogical to predict more brutish action by the CCP who likely does not fear a military conflict with this administration.
To understand the aims of the CCP you only have to read their internal state media. They are back to demonizing the US by using the democrats own words from the last 4 years.
The segment on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria B interviewing Grenell should be a must watch today for everyone. Grenell is very smart and he understands the game being played far better than the “pundit class”.
Biden gives a true representative depiction of our country.
