[nathanbedford]

To your point, the more we impose tariffs and interdict trade with China the less reason for China to refrain from invading Taiwan. A threat loses its power once the trigger is pulled.

That is not to judge whether it might be better now to precipitate a clean break off of trade with China while we have the momentum domestically to do what inevitably must be done.

[maro]

Yes. And let’s remember that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they thought we had declared economic war on them.