[atlaw]

Odd that they would bitch about it, and think that that strong economy can be damaged by global trade.

The catch-all phrase "global trade", applied here indiscriminately to a transaction with patent national security implications, is part of the problem. It is not really surprising that your supposedly ignorant American public properly viewed the application of that phrase to the port deal as a fundamental non-sequitur.

[sinkspur]

It is not really surprising that your supposedly ignorant American public properly viewed the application of that phrase to the port deal as a fundamental non-sequitur.

The public was frightened into siding with those who fear brown-skinned people.