I guess the biggest chink in our foreign affairs armor is our ignorance of 1) what offends the Middle Kingdom, and 2) how easy it is to do.
Chinese get offended to negotiate.
We are so clueless.
Someone needs to wake Americans up. Or we’re so screwed.
It would be nice, if it were CONSERVATIVES who were the ones to wake up.
Though. Getting sort of discouraged. Frankly.
Most seem brainwashed by the mantra of “free trade, free trade, free trade...”
Which they’ll be chanting right up until the time we’re invaded by a superior, better-funded, larger and far more motivated attack force - paid for and equipped entirely by.
Us.